“Quite frankly, I am happy I can pee. Both of my kidneys were not functioning and my CAPD was ineffective. I was going to change to hemodialysis if I didn’t receive the transplant when I did," Cheung said. "My creatinine level was around 24 the month leading up to my transplant; ...
The KDPI increased in parallel with the donors’ last creatinine level. Ten percent of donors were diabetics; approximately one third had a history of hypertension and two-thirds died due to a cerebrovascular event. Renal function The mean 1-y-eGFR was found to be 50 ± 20 ml/min/1...