A Donor Utilization Index to Assess the Utilization and Discard of Deceased Donor Kidneys Perceived as High Risk.
CONCLUSIONS: There is marked center-level variation in the use of deceased donor kidneys with less desirable characteristics both within and between regions. Broader utilization was significantly associated with shorter time to transplantation.
PMID: 31624140 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN - Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Brennan C, Husain SA, King KL, Tsapepas D, Ratner LE, Jin Z, Schold JD, Mohan S Tags: Clin J Am Soc Nephrol Source Type: research
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