Management of Patients on the Waiting List for Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation

• Published in: Transplantation proceedings 2012, Vol.44 (1), p.66-71
• Main Authors: Kim, M.G, Ro, H, Kim, Y.J, Park, H.C, Jeong, J.C, Jeon, H.J, Kim, H, Park, M.W, Oh, K.-H, Kim, Y.S, Ahn, C, Yang, J
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiovascular Diseases - diagnosis; Cardiovascular Diseases - epidemiology; Comorbidity; Diagnostic Tests, Routine; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Fundamental immunology; Histocompatibility; HLA Antigens - immunology; Humans; Isoantibodies - blood; Kidney Failure, Chronic - diagnosis; Kidney Failure, Chronic - mortality; Kidney Failure, Chronic - surgery; Kidney Transplantation - immunology; Logistic Models; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Neoplasms - diagnosis; Neoplasms - epidemiology; Predictive Value of Tests; Proportional Hazards Models; Republic of Korea; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Surgery; Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases; Surgery of the urinary system; Survival Analysis; Time Factors; Tissue Donors - supply & distribution; Tissue, organ and graft immunology; Treatment Outcome; Waiting Lists - mortality; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0041-1345; 1873-2623
• DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2011.12.020

Abstract Background Although the number of wait-listed patients for deceased donor kidney transplantation has been continuously increasing in Korea, no standard guidelines exist for their management. Methods We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of our 1,231 wait-listed patients between 2000 and 2010. Results The time to transplantation of the 201 recipients was 51.9 ± 31.2 months. Ninety-seven patients died while waiting. Diabetic or older patients have increased among new registrants; however,