Kidney donation after circulatory death (DCD): State of the art

Kidney International

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 241-249

  Summers, Dominic M ^a,b   Watson, Christopher J E ^a   Pettigrew, Gavin J ^a   Johnson, Rachel J ^b   Collett, David ^b   Neuberger, James M ^b   Bradley, J Andrew ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DCD; donation after circulatory death; kidney transplantation; organ donation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEATH; COLD ISCHEMIA; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DONOR SELECTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RENAL GRAFT DYSFUNCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM; BIOPSY; GREAT BRITAIN; KIDNEY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STANDARDS; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRENDS;

BIOPSY; BRAIN DEATH; COLD ISCHEMIA; DELAYED GRAFT FUNCTION; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84938551115     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2015.88     Document Type: Review

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