title: The National Kidney Registry: 175 transplants in one year.
abstract: Since organizing its first swap in 2008, the National Kidney Registry had facilitated 389 kidney transplants by the end of 2011 across 45 U.S. transplant centers. Rapid innovations, advanced computer technologies, and an evolving understanding of the processes at participating transplant centers and histocompatibility laboratories are among the factors driving the success of the NKR. Virtual cross match accuracy has improved from 43% to 94% as a result of improvements in the HLA typing process for donor antigens and enhanced mechanisms to list unacceptable HLA antigens for sensitized patients. By the end of 2011, the NKR had transplanted 66% of the patients enrolled since 2008. The 2011 wait time (from enrollment to transplant) for the 175 patients transplanted that year averaged 5 months.
authors: UCLA Department of Urology, USA.
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Veale
authors: Garet
authors: G
authors: Hil
mesh_terms: D000533:Altruism; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D046148:Donor Selection; D037921:Gift Giving; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006648:Histocompatibility; D006650:Histocompatibility Testing; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000941:ethics / Q000276:immunology; D018579:Patient Selection / Q000941:ethics; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012042:Registries; D013997:Time Factors; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000941:ethics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States; D014850:Waiting Lists
chemical_list: D006680:HLA Antigens