A study featured on the cover of the December 2015 edition of the American Journal of Transplantation documents the benefits of a systematic approach to match kidneys from deceased donors with subtypes of blood group A to blood type B recipients, most of whom are ethnic minorities.
The OPTN/UNOS kidney paired donation pilot program has arranged 155 kidney transplants since its beginning on October 27, 2010.
New requirements effective on December 1.
The Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) and the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Study (CKiD) are trying to gather information on how GFR is measured (mGFR) in medical institutions.
Kidney transplant data from the first four weeks after implementation of the new kidney allocation system (KAS) suggest that a number of key outcomes are meeting expectations, while other trends merit continued close monitoring.
Check your candidate’s max KDPI settings, especially those added after May 27, 2014.