Open AccessComparing Simultaneous Liver-Kidney Transplant Strategies
Author(s) -
Xingxing S. Cheng,
Woojin Kim,
Jane C. Tan,
Glenn M. Chertow,
Jeremy D. Goldhaber-Fiebert
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/tp.0000000000002148
Subject(s) - organ procurement , medicine , liver transplantation , united network for organ sharing , software deployment , transplantation , intensive care medicine , surgery , computer science , operating system
The proportion of patients with kidney failure at time of liver transplantation is at a historic high in the United States. The optimal timing of kidney transplantation with respect to the liver transplant is unknown.