title: Role of blood transfusions and pregnancies in kidney transplantation.
abstract: A retrospective study in 71 cadaver renal transplant patients showed a significantly better 2-year graft survival rate (62%) in patients who received pretransplant transfusions or who were parous than in nontransfused patients or patients who have not been pregnant (29%). The beneficial influence of blood transfusion and of pregnancy is thus confirmed. An additive effect of blood transfuion and pregnancy is suggested by the results of this study.
mesh_terms: D001803:Blood Transfusion; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection; D006085:Graft Survival; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D009026:Mortality; D011247:Pregnancy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous