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Delayed Graft Function Phenotypes and 12-Month Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
Transplantation - 1 Aug 2017
Hall Isaac E, Reese Peter P, Doshi Mona D, Weng Francis L, Schröppel Bernd, Asch William S, Ficek Joseph, Thiessen-Philbrook Heather, Parikh Chirag R
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) leading to delayed graft function (DGF), defined by the United Network for Organ Sharing as dialysis in the first week (UNOS-DGF), associates with poor kidney transplant outcomes. Controversies remain, however, about dialysis initiation thresholds and the utility for other criteria to denote less severe IRI, or slow graft function (SGF). METHODS: Multicenter,...
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