A Clinical Prediction Score to Guide Referral of Elderly Dialysis Patients for Kidney Transplant Evaluation

A Clinical Prediction Score to Guide Referral of Elderly Dialysis Patients for Kidney Transplant Evaluation

Dialysis patients aged ≥70 years derive improved life expectancy through kidney transplantation compared with their waitlisted counterparts, but guidelines are not clear about how to identify appropriate transplantation candidates. We developed a clinical prediction score to identify elderly dialysi...

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Main Authors:	Ling-Xin Chen, Michelle A. Josephson, Donald Hedeker, Kellie H. Campbell, Nicole Stankus, Milda R. Saunders
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2017-07-01
Series:	Kidney International Reports
Subjects:	elderly kidney transplant referral mortality older adults USRDS
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468024917300451

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