Open AccessSimultaneous Liver Kidney Transplant in Elderly Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Is There an Appropriate Upper Age Cutoff?
Author(s) -
David S. Goldberg,
Rodrigo Vianna,
Éric Martin,
Paul Martin,
Leopoldo Ramon Arosemena Benitez,
Christopher B. OʼBrien,
Kalyan Bhamidimarri
Publication year - 2020
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.0000000000003147
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney disease , hazard ratio , renal function , proportional hazards model , diabetes mellitus , liver disease , gastroenterology , confidence interval , endocrinology
The aging of liver transplant (LT) recipients, the weighting of the model for end-stage liver disease score, and the increased prevalence of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis has led to an increased number of older LT recipients with pre-LT chronic kidney disease (CKD). There are limited data on the impact of increased recipient age on post-simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplant outcomes among patients with CKD, leading some centers to employ subjective age cutoffs for potential SLK recipients.