Dual kidney transplantation offers a safe and effective way to use kidneys from deceased donors older than 70 years

Dual kidney transplantation (DKT) offers a way to extend the use of kidneys from expanded criteria donors (ECDs). Here, we compared the outcomes of DKT with those of single kidney transplantation from standard criteria donors (SCDs) and ECDs. In 2014, we began performing DKT using both kidneys from...

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Published in:BMC nephrology 2020-01, Vol.21 (1), p.3-3, Article 3
Main Authors: Lee, Kyo Won, Park, Jae Berm, Cha, So Ra, Lee, Seo Hee, Chung, Young Jae, Yoo, Heejin, Kim, Kyunga, Kim, Sung Joo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Biopsy
Clinical outcomes
Creatinine
Dead bodies (Law)
Demographic aspects
Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus
Donors
Drug dosages
Dual kidney transplantation
Epidermal growth factor receptors
Expanded criteria donor
Health aspects
Hemodialysis
Hypertension
Kidney transplantation
Kidney transplants
Kidneys
Management
Medical records
Methods
Nephrology
Old age donor
Patients
Risk factors
Tissue donation
Transplants & implants
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Summary:Dual kidney transplantation (DKT) offers a way to extend the use of kidneys from expanded criteria donors (ECDs). Here, we compared the outcomes of DKT with those of single kidney transplantation from standard criteria donors (SCDs) and ECDs. In 2014, we began performing DKT using both kidneys from deceased donors greater than 70 years of age with one of two risk factors: serum creatinine (sCr) level over 3.0 mg/dl or eGFR under 30 ml/min. By 2017, we had performed 15 DKTs. We compared the outcomes of the 15 DKT recipients with those of 124 patients who received a kidney from an SCD and 80 patients who received a kidney from an ECD. Compared with ECDs and SCDs, DKT donors were older, had a higher diabetes burden, and a higher sCr level (p 
ISSN:1471-2369
1471-2369
DOI:10.1186/s12882-019-1664-8