The number of simultaneous liver-kidney transplants (SLKT) performed in the USA has been rising. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network implemen
Waiting time was defined as time from dialysis initiation to the first waiting list registration using the patients and waitlist files. Time to transplant was defined as time between dialysis initiation and first transplant. In sensitivity analysis patients who were preemptively wait-listed were include...
New Answers to Old Questions: Waitlist Versus Transplant Outcomes in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Era Kidney International Reports, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2021, Pages 3-4 David KlassenView PDFIntroduction There are limited data pertaining to comparative outcomes of remaining on dialysis versus k...
Death on Kidney Transplant Waitlist: Clues to Better Listing Decision Makingdoi:10.1681/ASN.20223311S1824aNinoshka MendoncaJaya MehtaAnil S. ParameshHoonbae JeonMary KillackeyAdarsh Vijay. Tulane TransplantAmerican Society of NephrologyJournal of the American Society of Nephrology...
In this study, we applied 2 tools commonly used by physical therapists, the 6-minute walk test and the sit-to-stand test, to assess patients on the kidney transplant waitlist. Among 305 patients followed up for at least 1 year, patients who did better on the 2 tests were less likely ...
With over 100,000 patients on the kidney transplant waitlist in 2019, it is important to understand if and how the functional status of a patient may change while on the waitlist. Recorded both at registration and just prior to transplantation, the Karnofsky Performance Score measures a patient...
Kidney Transplant Referral Form. Published 2021. Accessed February 22, 2023. https://www.giftoflife.on.ca/resources/pdf/transplant/Kidney_Referral_Form_V6_May_2023-02.pdf 17. National Kidney Foundation. The Kidney Transplant Waitlist – What You Need to Know | National Kidney Foundation. ...
Median Days Between Candidate’s First Deceased Donor Kidney Offer and Either Death on the Waitlist or Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant, by Candidate’s State of Residence, 2008-2015 eFigure 3. Unadjusted Odds Ratio for Death on the Waitlist After Receiving at Least 1 Deceased Donor Kidney Offe...
Despite efforts to address them, racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist in the United States. New research published in an upcoming issue ofJASNindicates that policy changes surrounding patients' eligibility to be put on kidney transplant waitlists might help address these dispar...
The reduction in all-cause mortality associated with kidney transplant, as compared with waitlist status (9), may be denied to those patients with extended waitlist times (ie, they do not survive long enough to receive a kidney, and cardiovascular mortality is the most common cause of death)...