Open AccessFrailty and Changes in Cognitive Function after Kidney Transplantation
Author(s) -
Nadia M. Chu,
Alden L. Gross,
Ashton A. Shaffer,
Christine E. Haugen,
Silas P. Norman,
QianLi Xue,
A. Richey Sharrett,
Michelle C. Carlson,
Karen BandeenRoche,
Dorry L. Segev,
Mara McAdamsDeMarco
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of the american society of nephrology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.451
H-Index - 279
eISSN - 1533-3450
pISSN - 1046-6673
DOI - 10.1681/asn.2018070726
Subject(s) - cognition , medicine , kidney transplant , cohort , kidney transplantation , cognitive decline , transplantation , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , cohort study , psychiatry , dementia , disease
Restoration of kidney function after kidney transplant generally improves cognitive function. It is unclear whether frail recipients, with higher susceptibility to surgical stressors, achieve such post-transplant cognitive improvements or whether they experience subsequent cognitive decline as they age with a functioning graft.
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