Low socioeconomic status (SES) influences disease incidence and contributes to poor
health outcomes throughout an individual's life course across a wide range of populations …

Renal transplantation (RTx) is the only curative treatment for most cases of congenital and
infantile nephrotic syndrome (NS) caused by genetic defects in glomerular podocyte …

Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for pediatric end-stage renal disease
(ESRD). Preemptive transplantation avoids the increased morbidity and mortality of dialysis …

The impact of a new national kidney allocation system (KAS) on access to the national
deceased-donor waiting list (waitlisting) and racial/ethnic disparities in waitlisting among US …

Before the 2014 implementation of a new kidney allocation system by the United Network for
Organ Sharing, white patients were more likely than black or Hispanic patients to receive a …

Objective Racial and ethnic disparities are commonplace in health care. Research often
relies on sociodemographic information recorded in the electronic health record (EHR). Little …

We aimed to provide an overview of kidney allocation policies related to children and
pediatric kidney transplantation (KTx) practices and rates in Europe, and to study factors …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine risk-adjusted associations between race
and gender on postoperative morbidity, mortality, and resource utilization in pediatric …

Background Racial disparities in kidney transplantation in children have been found in the
United States, but have not been studied before in Europe. Study Design Cohort study …

The increasing attention paid to chronic kidney disease (CKD) as a major cause of mortality
and disability, as well as the advances in management of CKD in children, have created a …