title: Successful use of kidneys from deceased donors with acute renal failure.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Kidneys from deceased donors with acute renal failure are not widely used.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare outcomes for recipients of kidneys from donors with acute renal failure at organ recovery with outcomes for recipients of kidneys from donors with normal serum levels of creatinine.
  
  
  METHODS
  Records of deceased donors and recipients of their organs at the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation from 2003 to 2005 were reviewed. A total of 33 donors (donating 65 kidneys to 65 recipients) with elevated serum levels of creatinine (>1.7 mg/dL) and 94 donors (donating 188 kidneys to 188 recipients) with normal (<1.1 mg/dL) serum levels of creatinine at organ recovery and their respective recipients were compared. Both groups had normal creatinine levels at admission.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Recipients in both groups had similar renal function at discharge and follow-up. Delayed graft function occurred more often (P= .009) in the recipients of kidneys from donors with acute renal failure (47.7%) than in recipients of kidneys from donors with normal creatinine levels (29.8%). Elevation of serum level of creatinine at organ recovery did not correlate significantly with kidney function at discharge or last follow-up or with graft survival.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Survival of patients or grafts at 1, 2, and 3 years did not differ significantly between the recipients in the 2 groups. Only the frequency of delayed graft function differed between the 2 groups.
authors.affiliation: King Fahd Hospital, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Al Khader
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Shaheen
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Attar
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Elamin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Al Ghamdi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jondeby
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury; D000328:Adult; D002102:Cadaver; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D046148:Donor Selection; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014019:Tissue Donors