title: Allocation strategies for elderly kidney transplant recipients.
abstract: In all modern societies, the percentage of elderly people is increasing. However, this does not necessary reflect the percentage of patients waiting for a new kidney and the availability of organs for this entity differs markedly between countries. Thus, allocation strategies for elderly kidney recipients should be based on the characteristics of the specific countries and take into account: access to the waiting list and availability of living as well as marginal and conventional post-mortem donors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität, München, Germany. Electronic address: Uwe.Heemann@lrz.tum.de.
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Heemann
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, Klinikum rechts der Isar der Technischen Universität, München, Germany.
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Renders
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D018579:Patient Selection; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014850:Waiting Lists