Survival after kidney transplantation during childhood and adolescence

Background and objectives: Survival in pediatric kidney transplant recipients has improved over the past five decades, but changes in cause-specific mortality remain uncertain. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to estimate the associations between transplant era and overall and cause-specific mortality for child and adolescent recipients of kidney transplants.Design, setting, participants, & measurements: Data were obtained on all children and adolescents (age