A 100% 2-Year Graft Survival Can Be Attained in High-Risk 15-kg or Smaller Infant Recipients of Kidney Allografts

Abstract
COMPARED WITH adults and larger pediatric patients, infants with end-stage renal disease are the most challenging subgroup of patients undergoing renal transplantation. They are at the highest risk for early graft loss, and have been reported to consistently have a higher mortality rate.1 With dialysis and without transplantation, however, these patients have an even higher mortality rate (14% at 1 year and 25% at 2 years) because of accompanying comorbid factors and difficulty maintaining long-term dialysis access.2,3

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