End-stage renal disease after pediatric heart transplantation: A 25-year national cohort study

Choudhry et al1 review the prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes associated with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after pediatric heart transplantation. ESRD, defined as the need for chronic dialysis and/or kidney transplantation,2 is a recognized morbidity after pediatric heart transplantation that can limit survival. They combined 2 federally mandated national databases by linking the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) data,3 via direct identifiers, to the United States Renal Data System,4 to identify patients who were aged
Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research