title: Outcome of renal allografts from non-heart-beating donors with delayed graft function.
abstract: Delayed graft function (DGF) in renal transplantation using non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) usually exceeds 80%. There is debate whether DGF in this subgroup is associated with poor long-term outcome. Between 1 January 1988 and 31 January 2000, 130 of 158 (82.3%) NHBD graft recipients with functioning grafts transplanted within our regional NHBD programme developed DGF. Overall graft survival and graft survival censored for recipient death was 113/130 (86.9%) versus 113/121 (93.4%) at year 1, 55/84 (65.5%) versus 55/64 (85.9%) at year 5 and 18/40 (45.0%) versus 18/28 (64.3%) at year 10 after transplantation. Seventeen grafts (13.1%) were lost due to rejection or graft nephropathy. Nine of these kidneys failed during the 1st year. Twenty-seven patients (20.8%) died with functioning grafts, eight within the 1st year after transplantation. In those patients who survived, DGF was associated with excellent long-term outcome in this study. The number of grafts lost due to recipient death exceeded those lost due to rejection or graft nephropathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Renal Medicine and Transplantation, St. George's Hospital, London, UK. clemensgerstenkorn@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gerstenkorn
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Deardon
authors.forename: C Geoffrey
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Koffman
authors.forename: Vassilios E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Papalois
authors.forename: Peter A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Andrews
mesh_terms: D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology*; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality / Q000502:physiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome