title: A scoring system to screen elderly potential kidney transplant recipients: a simple tool for a complex task.
abstract: Despite the rapid growth in the number of dialysis patients ⩾65, relatively few of these patients are receiving transplants. Dusseux et al. present a simple scoring system that helps to identify a group of such patients with a higher survival rate on dialysis. They suggest that such a screening tool might help to identify older patients for more comprehensive transplant assessment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Princess Alexandra Hospital at University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: Scott B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: 1] Department of Nephrology, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia [2] Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry (ANZDATA), Adelaide, Australia.
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Clayton
mesh_terms: D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D003661:Decision Support Techniques; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D018579:Patient Selection