Faculty Articles
Kidney Allograft Survival: Relationship To Dialysis Compliance And Other Behaviors
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1996
Publication Title
Dialysis and Transplantation
Volume
25
Issue/Number
2
First Page
88
ISSN
0090-2934
Last Page
93
Abstract/Excerpt
The pretransplant dialysis records of 154 kidney transplant recipients were retrospectively reviewed to determine differences between 77 patients with graft loss and 77 matched patients without graft loss. A total of 1,601 dialysis unit patient visits were examined. Patients who had a history of alcohol abuse recorded in their charts were at a significantly greater risk to lose their grafts. Difficulty with keeping appointments occurred twice as frequently in the lost-graft group. Older patients were at greater risk for losing their grafts than were younger ones. Thus, there are markers present in the dialysis patient's medical record and history which may be useful when making a decision regarding a transplant candidate's potential for noncompliance to the transplant regimen.
NSUWorks Citation
Brickman, A.,
Fins, A. I.
(1996). Kidney Allograft Survival: Relationship To Dialysis Compliance And Other Behaviors. Dialysis and Transplantation, 25(2), 88-93.
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