Impact of Functional Status on Outcomes of Simultaneous Pancreas-kidney Transplantation: Risks and Opportunities for Patient Benefit

Background. The impact of functional status on survival among simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplant (SPKT) candidates and recipients is not well described. Methods. We examined national Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) data for patients listed for SPKT in the United States (2006...

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Main Authors: Krista L. Lentine, MD, PhD, Tarek Alhamad, MD, MS, Wisit Cheungpasitporn, MD, Jane C. Tan, MD, Su-Hsin Chang, PhD, Matthew Cooper, MD, Darshana M. Dadhania, MD, MS, David A. Axelrod, MD, MBA, Mark A. Schnitzler, PhD, Rosemary Ouseph, MD, Franco H. Cabeza Rivera, MD, Bertram L. Kasiske, MD, Kenneth J. Woodside, MD, Ronald F. Parsons, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2020-09-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000001043