Kidney Transplant Outcome Following Donation After Euthanasia.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the Netherlands, organ donation after euthanasia (donation after circulatory death type V [DCD-V]) has been increasingly performed since 2012. However, the outcomes of DCD-V kidney grafts have not been thoroughly investigated. It is critical to assess the outcomes of these kidney grafts to ascertain whether DCD-V is a safe and valuable way to increase the kidney donor pool.

Objectives

To investigate the outcomes of DCD-V kidney transplantation and compare them with outcomes of kidney transplantation after circulatory death after withdrawal of life-sustaining therapies (DCD type III [DCD-III]) and donation after brain death (DBD).

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort study was conducted using the database from the Dutch Transplant Foun

SUBMITTER: Slagter JS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11425192 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature