A scoring system to screen elderly potential kidney transplant recipients: a simple tool for a complex task.
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Abstract
Despite the rapid growth in the number of dialysis patients ⩾65, relatively few of these patients are receiving transplants. Dusseux et al. present a simple scoring system that helps to identify a group of such patients with a higher survival rate on dialysis. They suggest that such a screening tool might help to identify older patients for more comprehensive transplant assessment.
Medical subject headings
- Cardiovascular Diseases
- Decision Support Techniques
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
- Kidney Transplantation
- Neoplasms
- Patient Selection