Utilization of Standard Criteria Donor and Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys After Kidney Allocation System Implementation

Catherine E. Kling,James D. Perkins,Christopher K. Johnson,Christopher D. Blosser,Nicolae Leca,Lena Sibulesky

Utilization of Standard Criteria Donor and Expanded Criteria Donor Kidneys After Kidney Allocation System Implementation

2018

Catherine E. Kling
James D. Perkins
Christopher K. Johnson
Christopher D. Blosser
Nicolae Leca
Lena Sibulesky

Background Implementation of the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) changed how kidneys are allocated and the information on which organ utilization decisions are based. We aimed to evaluate how KAS implementation changed kidney utilization and recipient outcomes.

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Kidney transplantation
Intensive care medicine
Expanded Criteria Donor
Medicine
Kidney
United Network for Organ Sharing
graft failure
patient survival
Diabetes mellitus
kidney allocation
Urology

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