Journey to kidney transplantation: patient dynamics, suspensions, transplantation and deaths in the Australian kidney transplant waitlist.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People on the kidney waitlist are less informed about potential suspensions. Disparities may exist among those who are suspended and who return to the waitlist. We evaluated the patient journey after entering the waitlist, including suspensions and outcomes, and factors associated with these transitions.

Methods

We included all incident patients waitlisted for their first transplant from deceased donors in Australia from 2006 to 2019. We described all clinical transitions after entering the waitlist. We predicted the restricted mean survival time (unadjusted and adjusted) until first transplant by the number of prior suspensions. We evaluated factors associated with transitions using flexible survival models and clinical endpoints using Cox models.

Results

SUBMITTER: De La Mata NL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11210985 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature