Graft Function and Intermediate-Term Outcomes of Kidney Transplants Improved in the Last Decade: Analysis of the United States Kidney Transplant Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous analyses of the United States transplant database regarding long-term outcomes in kidney transplantation have shown minimal improvement in the rate of long-term graft loss. This study sought to analyze intermediate-term outcomes and graft function at 6 months in kidney transplantation in adult living and deceased donor recipients in the last decade.

Methods

Survival analysis was performed based on the year of transplant between 6 months and 3 years' posttransplant. The Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was determined at 6 months.

Results

The unadjusted graft survival between 6 months and 3 years improved significantly in the latter half of the decade in both deceased and living donor kidne

SUBMITTER: Keith DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5464785 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature