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Johan De Meester

Researcher at Eurotransplant

Publications -  47
Citations -  2580

Johan De Meester is an academic researcher from Eurotransplant. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Dialysis. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 42 publications receiving 2131 citations.

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Cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality among patients starting dialysis.

TL;DR: Patients starting dialysis have a generally increased risk of death that is not specifically caused by excess cardiovascular mortality, and this work concludes that high overall mortality in patients starting Dialysis is a consequence of increased cardiovascular mortality risk only or whether noncardiovascular mortality is equally increased.
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The European Renal Association - European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) Registry Annual Report 2016: a summary.

TL;DR: The epidemiology of renal replacement therapy (RRT) for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in 2016 within 36 countries was described, with the incidence and prevalence higher among men than women, and men had a higher rate of kidney transplantation compared with women.
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Listing for lung transplantation: life expectancy and transplant effect, stratified by type of end-stage lung disease, the Eurotransplant experience

TL;DR: The global survival rate, reflecting the real life expectancy for a newly listed transplant candidate, is poor for patients with pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension, and allocation algorithms that lessen the impact of waiting time and take into account the type of end-stage lung disease should be developed.