Open AccessCenter-Level Variation in the Development of Delayed Graft Function After Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
Author(s) -
Babak J. Orandi,
Nathan T. James,
Erin Hall,
Kyle J. Van Arendonk,
Jacqueline Garonzik-Wang,
Natasha Gupta,
Robert A. Montgomery,
Niraj M. Desai,
Dorry L. Segev
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000000450
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , odds ratio , single center , transplantation , kidney transplantation , dialysis , incidence (geometry) , surgery , urology , physics , optics
Patient-level risk factors for delayed graft function (DGF) have been well described. However, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network definition of DGF is based on dialysis in the first week, which is subject to center-level practice patterns. It remains unclear if there are center-level differences in DGF and if measurable center characteristics can explain these differences.