Farid Foroutan, Erik Loewen Friesen, Kathryn Elizabeth Clark, Shahrzad Motaghi, Roman Zyla, Yung Lee, Rakhshan Kamran, Emir Ali, Mitch De Snoo, Ani Orchanian-Cheff, Christine Ribic, Darin J Treleaven, Gordon Guyatt, Maureen O Meade
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: With expansion of the pool of kidney grafts, through the use of higher-risk donors, and increased attention to donor management strategies, the 1-year graft survival rate is subject to change. It is, therefore, useful to elucidate 1-year graft survival rates by dissecting the characteristics of the low-risk and high-risk kidney transplant cases. The objective of our study was to evaluate factors purported to influence the risk of 1-year graft loss in kidney transplant recipients...
November 7, 2019: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: CJASN