Preemptive Kidney Transplantation: Experience in Two Centers
Rigo DH, Ziraldo L, Di Monte L, Jimenez MP, Giotto AP, Gutierrez L, Rodriguez I, Orias M, Novoa PA. Preemptive Kidney Transplantation: Experience in Two Centers. Transplantation Proceedings 2011, 43: 3355-3358. PMID: 22099795, DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.09.083.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPreemptive kidney transplantEnd-stage renal diseaseDelayed graft functionSubclinical rejectionKidney transplantDeceased donorsInterstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophyDeceased donor groupChronic allograft nephropathyPreemptive kidney transplantationRenal replacement therapyDonor kidney transplantsLong-term dialysisQuality of lifeAllograft nephropathyGraft functionKidney transplantationPreemptive transplantationMonths posttransplantationSerum creatinineTransplantation centersRenal diseaseTubular atrophyCalcineurin inhibitorsPoor outcome