Trends in the Timing of Pre-emptive Kidney Transplantation
Trends in the Timing of Pre-emptive Kidney Transplantation
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DOI:
10.1681/asn.2011010023
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发表时间:
2011-09-01
影响因子:
13.6
通讯作者:
Segev, Dorry L.
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Grams, Morgan E.;Massie, Allan B.;Segev, Dorry L.
Pre-emptive kidney transplantation is considered the best available renal replacement therapy, but no guidelines exist to direct its timing during CKD progression. We used a national cohort of 19,471 first-time pre-emptive kidney transplant recipients between 1995-2009 to evaluate patterns and implications of transplant timing. Mean estimated GFR (eGFR) at the time of pre-emptive transplant increased significantly over time, from 9.2 ml/min/1.73m(2) in 1995 to 13.8 ml/min/1.73m(2) in 2009 (P= 15 ml/min/1.73m(2) represented an increasing proportion of pre-emptive transplant recipients, from 9% in 1995 to 35% in 2009; the trend for patients with eGFR >= 10 was similar (30% to 72%). We did not detect statistically significant differences in patient survival or death-censored graft survival between strata of eGFR at the time of transplant, either in the full cohort or in subgroup analyses of patients who might theoretically benefit from earlier pre-emptive transplantation. In summary, pre-emptive kidney transplantation is occurring at increasing levels of native kidney function. Earlier transplantation does not appear to associate with patient or graft survival, suggesting that earlier pre-emptive transplantation may subject donors and recipients to premature operative risk and waste the native kidney function of recipients.