Journal article
New Solutions to Reduce Discard of Kidneys Donated for Transplantation
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, v 27(4), pp 973-980
Apr 2016
PMID: 26369343
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Abstract
Kidney transplantation is a cost-saving treatment that extends the lives of patients with ESRD. Unfortunately, the kidney transplant waiting list has ballooned to over 100,000 Americans. Across large areas of the United States, many kidney transplant candidates spend over 5 years waiting and often die before undergoing transplantation. However, more than 2500 kidneys (>17% of the total recovered from deceased donors) were discarded in 2013, despite evidence that many of these kidneys would provide a survival benefit to wait-listed patients. Transplant leaders have focused attention on transplant center report cards as a likely cause for this discard problem, although that focus is too narrow. In this review, we examine the risks associated with accepting various categories of donated kidneys, including discarded kidneys, compared with the risk of remaining on dialysis. With the goal of improving access to kidney transplant, we describe feasible proposals to increase acceptance of currently discarded organs.
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- Title
- New Solutions to Reduce Discard of Kidneys Donated for Transplantation
- Creators
- Peter P Reese - Leonard Davis Institute of Health EconomicsMeera N Harhay - Drexel UniversityPeter L Abt - Department of Surgery, and.Matthew H Levine - Department of Surgery, and.Scott D Halpern - University of Pennsylvania
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, v 27(4), pp 973-980
- Publisher
- American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
- Grant note
- DK105207-01 / NIDDK NIH HHS K23 DK105207 / NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK106243 / NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK092282 / NIDDK NIH HHS
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- College of Medicine
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000373032500005
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85016050258
- Other Identifier
- 991019335227504721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Urology & Nephrology