Life expectancy is 40 years shorter for adult survivors of childhood dialysis and 17 years shorter for adult survivors of a childhood kidney transplant compared with the general population. Kidney ...

Oniscu and colleagues carried out a long-term survival assessment of 1732 adults listed for kidney transplantation in Scotland between January 1 and December 31, 1989. Of these, 1095 (63%) received a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Older patients who chose dialysis vs. continuing medical management had a longer survival. Patients who choose ...

May 27, 2009 (Milan, Italy) — Patients 65 years and older experience more complications from kidney transplantation than younger organ recipients, but studies presented here at the World Congress of ...

Patients not waitlisted for kidney transplant received breast or prostate cancer screening at lower-than-expected rates, including those with good life expectancy. Breast and prostate cancer ...

Whether dialysis is the best option for kidney failure and, if so, when to start, may deserve more careful consideration, according to a new study. For older adults who were not healthy enough for a ...