[Effect of recipient age on transplants performed using organs from donors in asystole].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the influence of receptor's age on the outcomes of kidney transplants with organs from non heart beating donors.


METHODS
Observational study of the historic cohort of 570 kidney transplants performed at the Hospital Clínico San Carlos between 1991 and 1999. Receptor's were divided into two age groups, group 1 younger than 50 years, and group 2 older than 50 years. All organs where harvested from non heart beating donors.


RESULTS
We studied 110 kidney transplants coming from non heart beating donors; 52 belonged to group 1, and 57 to group 2. Three-year patient survival for receptor's younger than 50 years was 100%. The probability of three-year survival for receptor's older than 50 years was 79.39% (p 0.07). Graft survival was 88.46%, 86.54%, and 86.54% at 12, 24, and 36 months respectively for receptor's younger than 50 years. When receptors were older than 50 years the probability of functioning graft in the same periods of time was 89.20%, 89.20%, and 86.32% respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
Receptor's age doesn't seem to influence graft survival when kidneys from non heart beating donors are used.
Gómez Vegas
Angel
A
Cátedra y Servicio de Urología, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, C/Martín Lagos s/n 28040 Madrid, España.
Blázquez Izquierdo
Jesús
J
Bocardo Fajardo
Gloria
G
Fuentes Márquez
Isabel
I
Corral Rosillo
Javier
J
Fernández Pérez
Cristina
C
Silmi Moyano
Angel
A
Resel Estévez
Luis
L
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006323:Heart Arrest; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement
D003404:Creatinine