Analysis of Kidney Donation and Its Relationship With Graft Failure of the Recipient at 1 Year

Abstract Introduction Currently, the shortage of organs available for kidney transplantation and a change in donors' and recipients' profiles (elderly, with cardiovascular risk, donors after cardiac death), it is becoming necessary to assess grafts from expanded-criteria donors (ECD) in order to have methods that allow us to predict viability and graft survival. Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the different methods of renal donor assessment (estimated glomerular filtration rate [eGFR], preimplantation biopsy, and Kidney Donor Profile Index [KDPI] score) as predictors of graft survival and renal function of our recipient at 1 year. Methods We performed a descriptive and retrospective study of 183 deceased donor kidney transplantations performed at our center between 2011 and 2015. We calculated the KDPI scores, donor eGFR was estimated using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration Formula equation, and biopsies were evaluated using Banff classification. Results ECDs comprised 59.60%, 93% of donors had an eGFR ≥ 60 mL/min/1.73 m 2 , and 41% presented with a KDPI score ≥ 90%. The most frequent range in the biopsy score was 0–3. The 1-year graft survival rate was 86.90%. Factors that negatively influenced graft survival were donor/recipient age, ECD, KDPI, and cold ischemia time (CIT). Conclusion Prolonged CIT and KDPI ≥ 90% were donor variables that were related to graft failure at 1 year in our center.