Transplantation in the Elderly Patient

• Autores: Douglas Scott Keith
• Localización: Clinics in geriatric medicine, ISSN 0749-0690, Vol. 29, Nº. 3, 2013, págs. 707-719
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • During the last 2 decades, the number of kidney transplants performed in the candidates older than 65 years has grown dramatically. For selected geriatric patients with end-stage kidney failure, kidney transplantation has emerged as a potential option for treatment of their end organ failure. Aging is associated with functional changes to the immune system known as immunosenescence, and this age-related decline in immune function has important implications for immunosuppression in this subgroup of kidney transplant recipients.