Outcomes of kidney transplantation from elderly deceased donors of a Korean registry

To overcome organ shortage, expanded criteria donors, including elderly deceased donors (DDs), should be considered. We analyzed outcomes of kidney transplantation (KT) from elderly DDs in a nationwide study. In total, data of 1049 KTs from DDs using the database of Korean Organ Transplantation Regi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2020-06, Vol.15 (6), p.e0232177-e0232177
Hauptverfasser:	Jun, Heungman, Kim, Yeong Hoon, Kim, Joong Kyung, Kim, Chan-Duck, Yang, Jaeseok, Ahn, Curie, Han, Sang Youb
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Biology and Life Sciences Brain death Confidence intervals Demographic aspects Diabetes Diabetes mellitus Donors Elderly Geriatrics Grafting Health aspects Hypertension Internal medicine Kidney transplantation Kidney transplants Kidneys Laboratories Medical prognosis Medical schools Medicine Medicine and Health Sciences Older people Organ donors Patient outcomes Patients People and Places Renal function Risk analysis Risk factors Sex ratio Studies Surgery Surgical outcomes Thrombosis Thymoglobulin Tissue donors Transplants & implants
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Zusammenfassung:	To overcome organ shortage, expanded criteria donors, including elderly deceased donors (DDs), should be considered. We analyzed outcomes of kidney transplantation (KT) from elderly DDs in a nationwide study. In total, data of 1049 KTs from DDs using the database of Korean Organ Transplantation Registry (KOTRY) were retrospectively analyzed based on the age of DDs: age [greater than or equal to]60 years vs.
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0232177