Donor Time to Death and Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the Setting of a 3-Hour Minimum Wait Policy.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Lengthening waiting lists for organ transplant mandates the development of strategies to expand the deceased donor pool. Due to concerns regarding organ viability, most organ donation organizations internationally wait no longer than 1 to 2 hours for potential donation after circulatory death (DCD), possibly underutilizing an important organ source; UK policy mandates a minimum 3-hour wait time.

Objective

To assess whether time to death (TTD) from withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment (WLST) is associated with kidney transplant outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study used data from the prospectively maintained UK Transplant Registry from all 23 UK kidney transplant centers from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2021;

SUBMITTER: Tingle SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11565268 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature