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Kidney transplant outcomes in children with simultaneous versus sequential heart–kidney transplants
BackgroundHeart transplant recipients frequently require kidney transplantation for concomitant advanced chronic kidney disease. Data on simultaneous...
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Predicting wait time for pediatric kidney transplant: a novel index
BackgroundOver one thousand pediatric kidney transplant candidates are added to the waitlist annually, yet the prospective time spent waiting is...
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Comprehensive geriatric assessment predicts listing for kidney transplant in patients with end-stage renal disease: a retrospective cohort study
BackgroundComprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) involves a formal broad approach to assess frailty and creating a plan for management. However,...
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Integrating Frailty into the Kidney Transplant Evaluation
Purpose of ReviewThis review presents an overview of the clinical syndrome of frailty and its association with kidney transplantation outcomes,...
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Intersectional race and gender disparities in kidney transplant access in the United States: a sco** review
BackgroundGender and racial disparities in kidney transplant access are well established, however how gender and race interact to shape access to...
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Frailty and depressive symptoms in older kidney transplant recipients: opportunities for collaboration between transplant nephrologists and geriatricians
BackgroundFrailty is one of the key syndromes in geriatric medicine and an important factor for post-transplant outcomes. We aimed to describe the...
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Evolutions in Combined Heart-Kidney Transplant
Purpose of ReviewThis review describes management practices, outcomes, and allocation policies in candidates for simultaneous heart-kidney...
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Combined Heart Kidney Transplantation Versus Heart Transplant in Patients with Renal Failure: Contemporary Insights and Future Perspectives
Purpose of ReviewIn this review, we aim to outline the criteria regarding the evaluation of patients with chronic renal disease (CKD) awaiting heart...
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Evaluation and post-transplant management of children after multi-organ-with-kidney transplantation
Multi-organ transplantation involves the transplant of two or more organs from a single donor into a single recipient; in most cases, one of these...
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Progress made toward equitable transplantation in children and young adults with kidney disease
Racial disparities in pediatric kidney transplantation have been well described over the last two decades and include disparities in preemptive...
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Potential Implication of HLA-DQ Heterodimer High-Resolution Ty** on Kidney Transplant Outcomes and Equity
Purpose of ReviewTo evaluate the potential implications of HLA-DQαβ heterodimer high-resolution ty** on clinical decision-making in solid organ...
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Prevalence of frailty and cognitive impairment in older transplant candidates - a preview to the Kidney Transplantation in Older People (KTOP): impact of frailty on outcomes study
BackgroundKidney transplantation in older people has increased, however older transplant recipients experience mixed outcomes that invariably impacts...
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Clinical Application of Frailty in the Evaluation of Solid Organ Transplant Patients
Purpose of reviewFrailty is increasingly recognized as an important predictor of mortality and morbidity in patients across various medical...
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Factors associated with follow-up outside a transplant center among pediatric kidney transplant recipients
BackgroundTransfer of follow-up care after pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx) may jeopardize quality of care and patient outcomes. We sought to...
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Age-modified risk factors for mortality of non-elderly adult kidney transplant recipients: a retrospective database analysis
PurposeWe aimed to investigate the role of the recipient's age strata in modifying the associations between risk factors and mortality in non-elderly...
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A novel risk score for predicting prolonged length of stay following pediatric kidney transplant
BackgroundKidney transplants (KT) are accepted as the kidney replacement therapy of choice for children with kidney failure. The surgery itself may...
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The association of center volume with transplant outcomes in selected high-risk groups in kidney transplantation
BackgroundIn context of increasing complexity and risk of deceased kidney donors and transplant recipients, the impact of center volume (CV) on the...
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Rurality of patient residence and access to transplantation among children with kidney failure in the United States
BackgroundResidence in rural areas is often a barrier to health care access. To date, differences in access to kidney transplantation among children...
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Community Engagement to Improve Equity in Kidney Transplantation from the Ground Up: the Southeastern Kidney Transplant Coalition
Purpose of ReviewThe purpose of this review is to describe the Southeastern Kidney Transplant Coalition’s mission, vision, goals, and Early...
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Defiance of Occam’s Razor: Recent Changes in US Kidney Allocation and Impact on Efficiency and Marginal Kidney Outcomes
Purpose of ReviewRecent changes in US kidney allocation policy have created concerns regarding negative effects on allocation efficiency secondary to...
