Predicting wait time for pediatric kidney transplant: a novel index.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Over one thousand pediatric kidney transplant candidates are added to the waitlist annually, yet the prospective time spent waiting is unknown for many. Our study fills this gap by identifying variables that impact waitlist time and by creating an index to predict the likelihood of a pediatric candidate receiving a transplant within 1 year of listing. This index could be used to guide patient management by giving clinicians a potential timeline for each candidate's listing based on a unique combination of risk factors.

Methods

A retrospective analysis of 3757 pediatric kidney transplant candidates from the 2014 to 2020 OPTN/UNOS database was performed. The data was randomly divided into a training set, comprising two-thirds of the data, and a testing set, comprisi

SUBMITTER: Alvarez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11199301 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature