Reduced survival and quality of life following return to dialysis after transplant failure: the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study

Jeffrey Perl, J. Zhang, Brenda W. Gillespie, Björn Wíkström, Joan Fort, Takeshi Hasegawa, Douglas S. Fuller, R. Pisoni, Bruce Robinson, Francesca Tentori

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2012 · 105 citations · 28 references

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Abstract

TF patients have reduced QOL and higher mortality, particularly due to infections, than TN patients. Interventions to optimize care before and after starting dialysis remain to be identified and applied in clinical practice.

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