Mortality and Kidney Transplantation Outcomes Among Hepatitis C Virus-Seropositive Maintenance Dialysis Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale & objective

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is common among maintenance dialysis patients. Few studies have examined both dialysis survival and transplantation outcomes for HCV-seropositive patients because registry data sets lack information for HCV serostatus.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting & participants

Adult long-term dialysis patients treated by a US national dialysis provider between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2014.

Exposure

HCV antibody serostatus obtained as part of clinical data from a national dialysis provider.

Outcomes

Mortality on dialysis therapy, entry onto the kidney transplant waiting list, kidney transplantation, and estimated survival benefit from kidney transplantation versus remaining on the wait

SUBMITTER: Sawinski D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6535135 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature