TY - JOUR
T1 - EPIDEMIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS ON A SINGLE WAITING LIST AND DONORS FOR A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT IN A HOSPITAL IN QUITO, ECUADOR
AU - LIMA DOS SANTOS, SUENY PALOMA
AU - PULLAS TAPIA, GONZALO JAVIER
PY - 2021/5/16
Y1 - 2021/5/16
N2 - In Ecuador, it is estimated that more than eight hundred people are on the waiting list for organ transplants. For this reason, the aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological profile of patients on the waiting list and donor for a kidney transplant.
A cross-sectional retrospective study was performed on 67 patients who underwent transplants between 2012 and 2019. We included recipients of organs from both deceased and living donors. Age of patients and donors, period in which they underwent dialysis until the transplant, type of donor, cause of chronic kidney failure, comorbidities, type of dialysis, cold ischemia time, blood-type of donors and patients, compatibility, complications after transplant, delayed graft function, and immunosuppression, were studied.
AB - In Ecuador, it is estimated that more than eight hundred people are on the waiting list for organ transplants. For this reason, the aim of this study is to describe the epidemiological profile of patients on the waiting list and donor for a kidney transplant.
A cross-sectional retrospective study was performed on 67 patients who underwent transplants between 2012 and 2019. We included recipients of organs from both deceased and living donors. Age of patients and donors, period in which they underwent dialysis until the transplant, type of donor, cause of chronic kidney failure, comorbidities, type of dialysis, cold ischemia time, blood-type of donors and patients, compatibility, complications after transplant, delayed graft function, and immunosuppression, were studied.
UR - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451959621000032?via%3Dihub
M3 - Artículo
SN - 2451-9596
JO - Transplantation Reports
JF - Transplantation Reports
ER -