Assessing Kidney Transplantation Using ECMO-Supported Donors Within a KDPI-Based Allocation System.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Organ donors supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) have historically been considered high-risk and are judiciously utilized. This study examines transplant outcomes using renal allografts from donors supported on ECMO for nondonation purposes.

Methods

Retrospective review of the Gift of Life (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware) organ procurement organization database, cross-referenced to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network database, assessed kidney transplants using donors supported on venoarterial (VA) and venovenous (VV) ECMO for nondonation purposes. Transplants using VA- and VV-ECMO donors were compared with Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)-stratified non-ECMO donors. Regression modeling of the entire ECMO and non-ECMO populati

SUBMITTER: Altshuler PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10566806 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature