A One-Day Centralized Work-up for Kidney Transplant Recipient Candidates: A Quality Improvement Report
Formica RN, Barrantes F, Asch WS, Bia MJ, Coca S, Kalyesubula R, McCloskey B, Leary T, Arvelakis A, Kulkarni S. A One-Day Centralized Work-up for Kidney Transplant Recipient Candidates: A Quality Improvement Report. American Journal Of Kidney Diseases 2012, 60: 288-294. PMID: 22571868, DOI: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2012.04.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedComorbidityFemaleHumansKidney TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisPreoperative CareProcess Assessment, Health CareQuality ImprovementRetrospective StudiesWaiting ListsConceptsKidney transplantImprovement reportMultivariable Cox proportional hazards modelsCox proportional hazards modelKidney transplant candidacyMinimal listing criteriaGroup of patientsUniversity-based hospitalQuality improvement reportProportional hazards modelTransplant candidacyTransplant evaluationUNOS waitlistWaitlist placementTransplant centersComorbid conditionsMedian timeMultivariable analysisTransplant practitionersDialysis exposureFunctional statusWait listHazards modelPatientsRecipient candidates