Pre-operative Waterlow score and outcomes after kidney transplantation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Waterlow scoring was introduced in the 1980s as a nursing tool to risk stratify for development of decubitus ulcers (pressure sores) and is commonly used in UK hospitals. Recent interest has focussed on its value as a pre-op surrogate marker for adverse surgical outcomes, but utility after kidney transplantation has never been explored.

Methods

In this single-centre observational study, data was extracted from hospital informatics systems for all kidney allograft recipients transplanted between 1^st January 2007 and 30^th June 2020. Waterlow scores were categorised as per national standards; 0-9 (low risk), 10-14 (at risk), 15-19 (high risk) and ≥ 20 (very high risk). Multiple imputation was used to replace missing data with substituted values.

SUBMITTER: Brotherton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9351155 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature