Renal allograft survival according to primary diagnosis : a report of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study

The data base of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS) was used to examine the effect of primary diagnosis on the outcome of renal transplantation in children. The relative risk of graft failure for eight diagnostic groups was determined, with patients with congen...

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Published in:Pediatric nephrology (Berlin, West) West), 1995-12, Vol.9 (6), p.679-684
Main Authors: KASHTAN, C. E, MCENERY, P. T, AMIR TEJANI, STABLEIN, D. M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Canada
Child
Graft Rejection
Graft Survival
Humans
Kidney Diseases - mortality
Kidney Diseases - surgery
Kidney Transplantation - mortality
Kidney Transplantation - statistics & numerical data
Medical sciences
Multivariate Analysis
Risk
Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases
Surgery of the urinary system
Tissue Donors
United States
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Summary:The data base of the North American Pediatric Renal Transplant Cooperative Study (NAPRTCS) was used to examine the effect of primary diagnosis on the outcome of renal transplantation in children. The relative risk of graft failure for eight diagnostic groups was determined, with patients with congenital and structural anomalies of the urinary tract serving as the reference group. Covariate analysis was used to control for the effects of age, race and transfusion history in recipients of living-related donor kidneys, and for age, donor age, antilymphocyte prophylaxis, prior transplantation, prior dialysis and cold ischemia time in recipients of cadaver kidneys. In recipients of living-related donor kidneys, the lowest graft failure rates were associated with the diagnoses of cystinosis, familial nephritis and hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), while the highest failure rates were observed in patients with a primary diagnosis of congenital nephrotic syndrome (CNS) or focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). In cadaver allograft recipients, the lowest graft failure rates were associated with primary diagnoses of glomerulonephritis, congenital/structural disease and cystinosis, while patients with FSGS, HUS and CNS had the highest graft failure rates. This study suggests that patients with a primary diagnosis of cystinosis have superior outcomes, while the diagnoses of FSGS and CNS carry with them the highest risks of graft failure.
ISSN:0931-041X
1432-198X
DOI:10.1007/BF00868709