Open AccessOutcomes in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients After Prior Nonkidney Transplants
Author(s) -
Christine E. Haugen,
Xiaobin Luo,
Courtenay M. Holscher,
Mary G. Bowring,
Sandra R. DiBrito,
Jacqueline Garonzik-Wang,
Mara McAdamsDeMarco,
Dorry L. Segev
Publication year - 2019
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.0000000000002596
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , kidney transplant , proportional hazards model , kidney transplantation , transplantation , confidence interval
Recipients of nonkidney solid organ transplants (nkSOT) are living longer, and 11%-18% will develop end stage renal disease (ESRD). While our general inclination is to treat nkSOT recipients who develop ESRD with a kidney transplant (KT), an increasing number are developing ESRD at an older age where KT may not be the most appropriate treatment. It is possible that the risk of older age and prior nkSOT might synergize to make KT too risky, but this has never been explored.