A J Matas, J M Smith, M A Skeans, B Thompson, S K Gustafson, M A Schnitzler, D E Stewart, W S Cherikh, J L Wainright, J J Snyder, A K Israni, B L Kasiske
For most end-stage renal disease patients, successful kidney transplant provides substantially longer survival and better quality of life than dialysis, and preemptive transplant is associated with better outcomes than transplants occurring after dialysis initiation. However, kidney transplant numbers in the us have not changed for a decade. Since 2004, the total number of candidates on the waiting list has increased annually. Median time to transplant for wait-listed adult patients increased from 2.7 years in 1998 to 4...
January 2014: American Journal of Transplantation