Should patients older than 65 years be offered a second kidney transplant?

Age and number of recipients in need of kidney re-transplantation are increasing. Re-transplantation practices and outcomes in elderly recipients are not previously explored. We aimed to retrospectively evaluate the outcomes of recipients 65 years and older receiving their second deceased donor allo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC nephrology 2017-01, Vol.18 (1), p.13-13, Article 13
Hauptverfasser:	Heldal, Kristian, Hartmann, Anders, Lønning, Kjersti, Leivestad, Torbjørn, Reisæter, Anna V, Line, Pål-Dag, Holdaas, Hallvard, Midtvedt, Karsten
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Distribution Aged Aged, 80 and over Elderly patients Eligibility Determination - utilization Graft Rejection - mortality Graft Rejection - prevention & control Graft Survival Humans Incidence Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality Kidney Failure, Chronic - therapy Kidney transplantation Kidney Transplantation - mortality Kidney Transplantation - utilization Male Nephrology Norway - epidemiology Patient Selection Physiological aspects Registries Reoperation - mortality Reoperation - utilization Retrospective Studies Risk Factors Social aspects Survival Rate Tissue Donors Treatment Outcome
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