Nonutilization of Kidneys From Donors After Circulatory Determinant of Death.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The expansion of donation after circulatory determination of death (DCDD) programs and unmet demands for kidney transplantation indicate that there is a need to improve the efficiency and utilization of these organs.

Methods

We studied all DCDD donors retrieved for kidney transplantation in Australia between 2014 and 2019 and determined the factors associated with nonutilization using least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and random forest models. Self-organizing maps were used to group these donors into clusters with similar characteristics and features associated with nonutilization were defined.

Results

Of the 762 DCDD donors, 116 (15%) were not utilized for kidney transplantation. Of the 9 clusters derived from self-organizing map, 2 had the h

SUBMITTER: Lin Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197368 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature