Kidney nonprocurement in deceased donors with acute kidney injury.

Kathleen Yu Radica Z Alicic Kristen L King Jacob S Stevens Chirag R Parikh Sumit Mohan

Published in: Clinical transplantation (2022)

AKI severity is a strong risk factor for kidney nonprocurement. Efforts to address the organ shortage should focus on encouraging procurement and utilization of kidneys from deceased donors with severe AKI, given the large and rising prevalence of donor AKI and excellent transplant outcomes with these kidneys.

Keyphrases

acute kidney injury
kidney transplantation
cardiac surgery
risk factors
early onset
quality improvement
metabolic syndrome
drug induced
skeletal muscle