Donor Age, Cold Ischemia Time, and Delayed Graft Function.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Increased donor age is one of the most important risk factors for delayed graft function (DGF), and previous studies suggest that the harmful effect of cold ischemia time is increased in kidneys from older donors. Our aim was to study the association of increased donor age and cold ischemia time with the risk of delayed graft function in a large cohort kidney transplants from the current era.

Design, setting, participants, & measurements

The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients was used for this observational, retrospective registry analysis to identify all deceased donor kidney transplantations in the United States between 2010 and September 2018, who were on dialysis pretransplantation (n=90,810). The association of donor age and co

SUBMITTER: Helantera I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7274280 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature