Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients Versus Non-Recipients in the Intensive Care Unit: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Thongprayoon C, et al., 2025 · 7 studies included
Summary
A 2025 systematic review/meta-analysis compared ICU outcomes in kidney-transplant recipients with non-transplant ICU patients across seven studies and highlighted persistent heterogeneity and important long-term risk.
Conclusion
Kidney-transplant recipients require transplant-specific critical-care assessment, but current comparative ICU outcome evidence is heterogeneous and does not justify assuming uniformly worse short-term mortality solely because of transplant status.