Refining the Policy for Timing of Kidney Transplant Waitlist Qualification

Refining the Policy for Timing of Kidney Transplant Waitlist Qualification

Background. Earlier qualification for the kidney transplant waitlist expedites transplant and is therefore associated with improved outcomes. U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network policies state that “measured or calculated creatinine clearance or glomerular filtration rate less than or...

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Main Authors: Benjamin J. Lee, MD, Charles E. McCulloch, PhD, Barbara A. Grimes, PhD, Sindhu Chandran, MD, Isabel Elaine Allen, PhD, Cynthia Delgado, MD, Chi-yuan Hsu, MD, MSc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-08-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000706

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