Impact of the pretransplant dialysis modality on kidney transplantation outcomes: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Most patients with uraemia must undergo chronic dialysis while awaiting kidney transplantation; however, the role of the pretransplant dialysis modality on the outcomes of kidney transplantation remains obscure. The objective of this study was to clarify the associations between the pretransplant dialysis modality, namely haemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD), and the development of post-transplant de novo diseases, allograft failure and all-cause mortality for kidney-transplant recipients.

Design

Retrospective nationwide cohort study.

Setting

Data retrieved from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database.

Participants

The National Health Insurance database was explored for patients who received kidney transplantation in Taiwan du

SUBMITTER: Lin HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5988177 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature