Outcomes of kidney transplantation over a 16-year period in Korea: An analysis of the National Health Information Database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study investigated the outcomes of kidney transplantation (KT) over a 16-year period in Korea and identified risk factors for graft failure using a nationwide population-based cohort.

Methods

We investigated the Korean National Health Insurance Service-National Health Information Database. Health insurance claims for patients who underwent KT between 2002 and 2017 were analyzed.

Results

The data from 18,331 patients who underwent their first KT were reviewed. The percentage of antithymocyte globulin (ATG) induction continuously increased from 2.0% in 2002 to 23.5% in 2017. Rituximab began to be used in 2008 and had increased to 141 patients (9.6%) in 2013. Acute rejection occurred in 17.3% of all patients in 2002 but decreased to 6.3% in 2017. The reje

SUBMITTER: Lee HS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7894945 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature