title: Current outcome of prioritized patients for kidney transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the outcome of deceased donor recipients given priority in allocation due to lack of access for dialysis and compare this data to the one obtained from non-prioritized deceased donor kidney transplant recipients.
  
  
  METHODS
  we reviewed electronic charts of 31 patients submitted to kidney transplantation that were given priority in transplantation program due to lack of access for dialysis from January 2005 to December 2008. Immunological and surgical complications rates, and grafts and patients survival rates were analyzed. These data were compared to those obtained from 100 regular patients who underwent kidney transplantation without allocation priority during the same period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Overall surgical complication rate was 25.8 % and 27 % in the patients with priority in allocation and in the non-prioritized patients, respectively. There was no statistical significant difference for surgical complications (p = 1.0), immunological complications (p = 0.21) and graft survival (p = 0.19) rates between the groups. However, patient survival rate was statistically significant worse in prioritized patients (p = 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  patients given priority in allocation owing to lack of access for dialysis have higher mortality rate when compared to those non-prioritized.
authors: Renal Transplantation Unit, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Hospital das Clinicas, University of São Paulo Medical School, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Hideki
authors: H
authors: Kanashiro
authors: Fabio Cesar Miranda
authors: FC
authors: Torricelli
authors: Renato
authors: R
authors: Falci
authors: Affonso Celso
authors: AC
authors: Piovisan
authors: Ioannis Michel
authors: IM
authors: Antonopoulos
authors: William Carlos
authors: WC
authors: Nahas
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018579:Patient Selection; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult