Exponentially increased risk of infectious death in older renal transplant recipients.
Background The benefit of renal transplantation for patients with end-stage renal disease …

Background. Older transplant recipients have been shown to be at greater risk for infectious
death than younger adults, but no study to date has looked at relative risk of infection and …

Results Among 12,519 patients,(median age 46 years, 63% men, 15% diabetic, 6%
Indigenous ethnicity), 2197 (18%) died, of whom 416 (19%) died from infection. The …

INTRODUCTION: Infections represent a major cause of morbidity and mortality among renal
transplant recipients. Our aim was to analyze the incidence and etiology of infection-related …

Background. It has been well documented that a regimen of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF),
cyclosporine (CsA), and prednisone (Pred) reduces the incidence of acute rejection in renal …

Results Altogether, 953 patients (29%) died during the follow-up, with 204 infection-related
deaths. Mortality rate (per 1000 patient-years) due to infections was lower in the more recent …

Background Infections and malignancies are the most common non-cardiovascular causes
of death in patients on chronic renal replacement therapy (RRT). Here, we aimed to quantify …

Background The aim of this study was to explore age-related mortality post-kidney
transplantation in England over the last decade. Methods This study used data from Hospital …

Kidney transplantation in elderly patients is a good therapeutic option, but the incidence of
infections compared to younger patients must be studied. Case and control study was …

The growing number of elderly patients with end-stage kidney disease awaiting
transplantation has resulted in a corresponding rise in the number of elderly transplant …