The report of a national conference on the wait list for kidney transplantation.
In March, 2002, over 100 members of the transplant community assembled in Philadelphia for a meeting designed to address problems associated with the growing number of patients seeking kidney transplantation and added to the waiting list each year. The meeting included representatives of nine US organizations with interests in these issues. Participants divided into work groups addressing access to the waiting list, assigning priority on the list, list management, and identifying appropriate candidates for expanded criteria donor kidneys. Each work group outlined problems and potential remedies within each area. This report summarized the issues and recommendations regarding the waiting list for kidney transplantation addressed in the Philadelphia meeting.
Gaston
Robert S
RS
Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Danovitch
Gabriel M
GM
Adams
Patricia L
PL
Wynn
James J
JJ
Merion
Robert M
RM
Deierhoi
Mark H
MH
Metzger
Robert A
RA
Cecka
J Michael
JM
Harmon
William E
WE
Leichtman
Alan B
AB
Spital
Aaron
A
Blumberg
Emily
E
Herzog
Charles A
CA
Wolfe
Robert A
RA
Tyan
Dolly B
DB
Roberts
John
J
Rohrer
Richard
R
Port
Friedrich K
FK
Delmonico
Francis L
FL
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