Survival of Elderly Adults Undergoing Incident Home Hemodialysis and Kidney Transplantation.
Miklos Z MolnarVanessa RavelElani StrejaCsaba P KovesdyMatthew B RivaraRajnish MehrotraKamyar Kalantar-ZadehPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2016)
Elderly adults with ESRD who receive a KTx have greater survival than those who undergo home HD. Further studies are needed to assess whether KTx receipt is associated with other benefits such as better quality of life and lower hospitalization rates.