Association Between the Early Postoperative Changes in Serum Brain Natriuretic Peptide and Allograft Survival After Kidney Transplantation: A Retrospective Cohort Study
: An increased early postoperative dBNP ratio was significantly associated with adverse long-term kidney allograft outcomes. However, given the potential for residual confounding, these findings should be interpreted as associative and hypothesis-generating rather than predictive.
Authors
- S J Chen
- Chien‐Chang Kao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0107-4450)
- Wei-Hung Chan
- Chih‐Chien Sung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3458-8792)
- Sheng-Tang Wu
- Chun-Chang Yeh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7706-5991)
Institutions
- National Defense Medical Center (TW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical Medicine
- Published
- 2026-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm15082982
- Primary Topic
- Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Tri-Service General Hospital