Older Kidney Patients May Die on Transplant Waitlist (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Surgery  Thu, 06/18/2009 - 15:00

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- Nearly half of kidney transplant waitlist patients over age 60 are at risk to die before they receive a deceased-donor organ, researchers found.


 

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