THE TRANSFUSION EFFECT IN CADAVER KIDNEY TRANSPLANTS—YES OR NO
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Transplantation
- Vol. 49 (1) , 56-59
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-199001000-00012
Abstract
The transfusion effect in first cadaver kidney transplants was re-examined at the UCLA Transplant Registry. One-year graft survival rates were 71% for non-transfused patients, which improved to 75% (PPPPP<0.01). The transfusion effect was greater in Black than White recipients; however, the 77% 1-year graft survival rate for transfused Black recipients of zero DR-mismatched kidneys did not differ from that of transfused comparably matched Whites. We conclude that transfusion protocols should not be abandoned unless patients receive zero DR-mismatched kidneys.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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