New data suggest that anaemia might be an independent risk factor for renal graft loss. In their retrospective study, Pascual et al. found that after adjustment for glomerular filtration rate, low levels of haemoglobin at 1 month after transplantation were an independent predictor of graft loss—but not of mortality—in 639 kidney transplant recipients.
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Pascual, J. et al. Early-onset anemia after kidney transplantation is an independent factor for graft loss: a multicenter, observational cohort study. Transplantation doi:10.1097/TP.0b013e31829f162e
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Low haemoglobin levels may predict renal graft loss. Nat Rev Nephrol 9, 554 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2013.156
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2013.156
