Association of the kidney allocation system with dialysis exposure before deceased donor kidney transplantation by preemptive wait-listing status.

Meera Nair HarhayMichael O HarhayKarthik RangannaSuzanne M BoyleLissa Levin MizrahiStephen GuyGregory E MalatGary XiaoDavid J ReichRachel E Patzer

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2018)

Preemptively wait-listed DDKT recipients continue to experience substantially fewer years of pretransplant dialysis than recipients listed after dialysis onset. Efforts are needed to improve both socioeconomic and racial disparities in preemptive wait-listing.

Keyphrases

kidney transplantation
chronic kidney disease
end stage renal disease
peritoneal dialysis
healthcare
african american