Do Perioperative Surgical Factors Affect Early Graft Function in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation?

Delayed graft function occurred in 11.3% of recipients.

In multivariate analysis, no perioperative variable was independently associated with delayed graft function.

At 30 days, preemptive transplantation (B = -15.99; 95% CI -27.02 to -4.96; p = 0.005) and delayed graft function (B = -36.94; 95% CI -58.39 to -15.50; p = 0.001) were independently associated with lower eGFR; the preemptive association was attenuated after accounting for transplant center.