Elderly kidney failure patients in the United States are twice as likely to get a kidney transplant as they were in the mid-1990s.
While a new study just released reports that the likelihood is still low, the researchers noted that elderly kidney failure patients now have greater access to kidneys from living donors and older deceased donors, and are less likely to die while waiting for a transplant.
While a new study just released reports that the likelihood is still low, the researchers noted that elderly kidney failure patients now have greater access to kidneys from living donors and older deceased donors, and are less likely to die while waiting for a transplant.
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About half a million people in the United States have kidney failure according to data gathered by the American Association for Long-Term Care Insurance which tracks medical and health conditions impacting the longevity of Americans. The data notes that 48 percent of them are 60 or older.
The study which will be published shortly in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, included kidney failure patients, aged 60 to 75, listed in the national Renal Data System between 1995 and 2006.
In 2006, these elderly patients had a 7.3 percent chance of getting a kidney transplant within three years of their first treatment for kidney failure. That rate was two times higher than in 1995.
Elderly kidney failure patients should consider transplantation over other types of treatment, suggested the study authors.
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