Expanded criteria for cadaver organ donation in renal transplantation.
Although the demand for kidneys has risen steadily, the number of organs available has not increased significantly. In an attempt to alleviate this shortage of organs, the criteria for acceptance of cadaver organs has been expanded. Extremes of donor age and other medical conditions that would have excluded donors in the past are now being accepted cautiously.
Rosenthal
J T
JT
Division of Urology, UCLA School of Medicine.
D002102:Cadaver; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D014019:Tissue Donors