The importance of non-heart-beating donor kidneys in reducing the organ shortage.
For over two decades kidney transplantation has been the treatment of choice for end-stage renal disease. Better immunosuppressive drugs with less side effects, superior infection control and sensitive methods detecting rejection episodes in an early phase are to be credited for these transplantation results. Besides improving quality of life of the recipient, kidney transplantation compared to dialysis is cost-effective.
Kievit
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Department of Surgery, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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Heineman
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D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D009426:Netherlands; D011788:Quality of Life; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*