Frailty and Cognitive Deficits Limit Access to Kidney Transplantation: Unfair or Unavoidable?

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2019 Apr 5;14(4):493-495. doi: 10.2215/CJN.02390219. Epub 2019 Mar 19.

Authors

Meera N Harhay^{1

2}, Peter P Reese^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and.
³ Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division and.
⁴ Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cognition; Cognition Disorders; Cognitive Dysfunction; Frailty; kidney transplantation.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Cognition
Cognition Disorders*
Cognitive Dysfunction*
Frail Elderly / psychology
Frailty*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation*

Grants and funding

K23 DK105207/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States