The New UK National Kidney Allocation Scheme With Maximized "R4-D4" Kidney Transplants: Better Patient-to-Graft Longevity Matching May Be at the Cost of More Resources

CONCLUSIONS: The principles ofthe allocation scheme in matching graft and patient survival were already largely being observed (matching higher risk deceased donor kidneys to higher risk recipients). However, an increase in D4 proportions in the R4 group may be associated with longer hospitalization posttransplant. Consideration should be given to mitigation strategies to address this. Despite poorer graft function, patient survival appears satisfactory.PMID:34812704 | DOI:10.6002/ect.2021.0129
Source: Experimental and Clinical Transplantation : official journal of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation - Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Source Type: research