TY - T1 - Secular Trends in Infection-Related Mortality after Kidney Transplantation SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/310215 T3 - A1 - Kinnunen, Susanna; Karhapää, Pauli; Juutilainen, Auni; Finne, Patrik; Helanterä, Ilkka A2 - PB - Y1 - 2018 LA - eng AB - Background and objectives Infections are the most common noncardiovascular causes of death after kidney transplantation. We analyzed the current infection-related mortality among kidney transplant recipients in a nationwide cohort in Finland. Design, setting, participants, & measurements Altogether, 3249 adult recipients of a first kidney transplant from 1990 to 2012 were included. Infectious causes of death were analyzed, and the mortality rates for infections were compared between two eras (19... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - kidney transplantation; mortality risk; infections; risk factors; Pneumocystis carinii; Cause of Death; Listeria monocytogenes; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; creatinine; cytomegalovirus; Herpesvirus 3; Human; Fungal Viruses; Follow-Up Studies; Incidence; Finland; Sepsis; Bacterial Infections; Mycoses; Pneumonia; Meningoencephalitis; Encephalitis; Albumins; diabetes mellitus; Kidney Failure; Chronic; Simplexvirus; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE REGISTER; ERA-EDTA REGISTRY; UNITED-STATES; DEATH; SURVIVAL; SEPSIS; VALIDATION; STATISTICS; RECIPIENTS; 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology; 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine N1 - PP - ER -