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At the end of 2004, 5299 patients in the United Kingdom were waiting for kidneys from deceased donors, and during that year 1427 transplants from dead donors and 463 from living donors were performed.1 The gap between supply and demand for kidney transplants continues to increase, but several important initiatives are under way to attempt to increase ...
Colin C, Geddes, R Stuart C, Rodger
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Factors determining social participation in the first year after kidney transplantation: a prospective study [PDF]
BACKGROUND: This study describes changes in social participation in the first year after kidney transplantation and examines the influence of clinical factors, health status, transplantation-related symptoms, and psychological characteristics on change ...
van der Mei, Siirike F.; id_orcid +12 more
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Reduced functional measure of cardiovascular reserve predicts admission to critical care unit following kidney transplantation [PDF]
Background: There is currently no effective preoperative assessment for patients undergoing kidney transplantation that is able to identify those at high perioperative risk requiring admission to critical care unit (CCU).
Susan Hewins +26 more
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PREEMPTIVE CADAVERIC KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION
An article presents the results of cadaveric kidney transplantation (KT) in patients with end-stage of renal disease (ESRD) before initiation of hemodialysis (n = 20) and in patients after prior hemodialysis (n = 33).
T. I. Shraer +7 more
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A cadaveric kidney transplantation (KT) combined with distal venous splenorenal anastomosis is suggested as the surgical method for type 1 diabetes treatment (Shraer T.I.).
T. A. Piminova +6 more
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Obesity in Kidney Transplantation [PDF]
Kidney transplantation is the preferred modality of renal replacement therapy. Long-term patient and graft survival have only improved marginally over the recent decade, mainly because of the development of cardiovascular disease after transplantation.
Chan, Winnie +5 more
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Patient self-management in kidney transplantation. definition, measurement, and intervention [PDF]
While one-year graft survival rates for deceased donor transplants have soared from about 40% in 1975 to more than 90% in 2005 [1], the long-term perspective has changed very little.
Schäfer-Keller, Petra
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Frailty and prognosis of patients with kidney transplantation: a meta-analysis
Background The prevalence of frailty among candidates and recipients of kidney transplantation (KT) is well-established, yet the impact of frailty on clinical outcomes following KT remains uncertain.
Jianming Zheng +5 more
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Background Quantification of proteinuria in kidney transplant recipients is important for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. Apart from correlation tests, there have been few evaluations of spot urine protein measurements in kidney transplantation ...
Maja Mrevlje +5 more
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The global role of kidney transplantation [PDF]
World Kidney Day on March 8th 2012 provides a chance to reflect on the success of kidney transplantation as a therapy for end-stage kidney disease that surpasses dialysis treatments both for the quality and quantity of life that it provides and for its ...
Martin, S. +3 more
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