Graft Function and Intermediate-Term Outcomes of Kidney Transplants Improved in the Last Decade: Analysis of the United States Kidney Transplant Database

Abstract

In the latter half of last decade graft survival improved in adult kidney transplant recipients. The improvement in graft survival occurred in temporal association with an improvement in median eGFR at 6 months and consolidation of discharge immunosuppression in most patients to tacrolimus and mycophenolate derivatives.