title: Allocation of kidney transplants in the UK.
abstract: Live and donation after cardiac death has increased markedly recently. The allocation system for donation after brain death reserves the least mismatched organs for young people. Live donors most often donate to relatives but a scheme tries to 'exchange' live donor kidneys when direct transplantation is not possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Renal Medicine, St James University Hospital, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK. Chas.Newstead@leedsth.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Newstead
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000600:supply & distribution; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom