Journal of Nephrology & Therapeutics

Krista L. Lentine

Publications

• Special Issue Article
  The Clinical and Financial Burden of Early Dialysis After Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
  Author(s): Paula M. Buchanan, Mark A. Schnitzler, David Axelrod, Paolo R. Salvalaggio and Krista L. LentinePaula M. Buchanan, Mark A. Schnitzler, David Axelrod, Paolo R. Salvalaggio and Krista L. Lentine
  
  Background: The economic implications of dialysis-requiring allograft dysfunction early after kidney transplantation are not well-described. Methods: Data for Medicare-insured adult kidney transplant recipients in 1995-2004 who did not develop permanent graft failure in the first 90 days were drawn from the United States Renal Data System. We identified dialysis treatmentrecords from Medicare claims and categorized patients according to frequency and duration of posttransplant dialysis as: first week (delayed graft function, DGF), second week, weeks 3 or 4, second month, or third month.Associations of dialysis requirements withMedicare payments for the transplant hospitalization and over the next three years were estimated with multivariable linear regression. Graft and patient survival according to early dialysis requirements were examined with multivariable survival analysis. Re.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0959.S4-001

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