Outcomes of Kidney Transplant in Undocumented Immigrants

JAMA Surg. 2021 Nov 1;156(11):1063-1064. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2021.2870.

Abstract

This cohort study investigates kidney transplant outcomes among undocumented immigrants at a single US center.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cohort Studies
  • Ecuador / ethnology
  • Female
  • Guatemala / ethnology
  • Hispanic or Latino / statistics & numerical data*
  • Humans
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / ethnology
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / mortality*
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery*
  • Kidney Transplantation*
  • Male
  • Mexico / ethnology
  • Middle Aged
  • Undocumented Immigrants / statistics & numerical data*
  • United States
  • Young Adult