title: Excellent outcomes with expanded criteria donor kidneys: the role of the recipient's age.
abstract: At the present time, the number of deceased donor kidney transplants performed annually has remained unchanged for 4 years. Desire for standard criteria donor (SCD) kidneys by recipients, coupled with high discard rates of donor kidneys, contributes to a lack of procedures being performed. A subgroup of recipients, those under age 50, may fare as well with an expanded criteria donor (ECD) allograft as those who receive an SCD kidney. The use of ECD allografts in recipients over 50 years of age, while projected to have poorer allograft survival than that produced with an SCD graft, still results in better recipient survival than patients who have elected to remain on dialysis.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Serur
authors.forename: Sandip
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kapur
authors.forename: Stuart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Saal
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Leeser
authors.forename: Linda M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Gerber
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Choli
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hartono
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Darshana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dadhania
authors.forename: Kwan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Thangamani
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muthukumar
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Surya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Seshan
authors.forename: Ya-Lin
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levine
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Riggio
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Jhoong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cheigh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002102:Cadaver; D051799:Delayed Graft Function / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality*; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000401:mortality*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D007166:Immunosuppressive Agents