Contemporary patterns in kidney graft survival from donors after circulatory death in the United States.
Catherine R ButlerJames D PerkinsChristopher K JohnsonChristopher D BlosserIris De CastroNicolae LecaLena SibuleskyPublished in: PloS one (2020)
For a contemporary cohort of deceased donor kidney transplant recipients, we did not find a difference in the likelihood of graft loss for DCD compared with DBD grafts. These findings signal a need for additional investigation into whether DCD status independently contributes to other important outcomes for current kidney transplant recipients and indices of graft quality.