The discard of deceased donor kidneys in the UK

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 345-353

  Callaghan, Chris J ^a   Harper, Simon J F ^a   Saeb Parsy, Kourosh ^a   Hudson, Alex ^b   Gibbs, Paul ^a   Watson, Christopher J E ^a   Praseedom, Raaj K ^a   Butler, Andrew J ^a   Pettigrew, Gavin J ^a   Bradley, J Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allocation; Deceased donor kidneys; Discarded organs; Expanded criteria donors; Organ utilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER DONOR; CADAVER KIDNEY; DONATION AFTER BRAIN DEATH DONOR; DONATION AFTER CIRCULATORY DEATH DONOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY;

ALLOCATION; DECEASED DONOR KIDNEYS; DISCARDED ORGANS; EXPANDED CRITERIA DONORS; ORGAN UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895927260     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12319     Document Type: Article

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