The development of new allocation policy for deceased donor kidneys

Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 512-515

  Shapiro, Michael E ^a,b  

^a HACKENSACK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Kidney transplantation; Organ allocation

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; DIALYSIS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SURVIVAL;

DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 37349028691     PISSN: 10624821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNH.0b013e3282f08638     Document Type: Review

References (10)

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9. Andreoni KA, Brayman KL, Guidinger MK, et al. Kidney and pancreas transplantation in the United States, 1996-2005. Am J Transplant 2007; 7 (part 2):1359-1375. This is an excellent introduction to LYFT and differing LYFT scores by group.
10. Freeman RB. Survival benefit: quality versus quantity and trade-offs in developing new renal allocation systems. Am J Transplant 2007; 7:1043-1046. This paper offers a critique of allocation based on LYFT, and offers an alternative.