Open AccessCauses of death and mortality risk factors
Author(s) -
Alejandro J. Pérez-Alonso
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfh1007
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , cause of death , mortality rate , renal function , proportional hazards model , creatinine , risk factor , disease
Patient death continues to be a leading cause of renal transplant failure. This mortality is mainly due to cardiovascular, infectious and tumoural diseases. The aim of our study was to analyse the evolution of the mortality and its causes after renal transplantation (RT).
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