Pretransplant serum phosphate levels and outcomes after kidney transplantation.

Conclusion: Higher PTxP is associated with an increased risk of adverse kidney allograft outcomes including DGF and death-censored graft failure. This suggests an important additional benefit of optimizing phosphate control in patients awaiting kidney transplantation while on dialysis.
PMID: 22383343 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] (Source: Journal of Nephrology)