Kidney Discard Rates in the United States During American Transplant Congress Meetings

Background. Deceased-donor kidney discard rates vary by region, but it is unknown whether discard rates and transplant outcomes vary during the American Transplant Congress (ATC) each year. Methods. Using national registry data, we determined rates of kidney discard, delayed graft function, graft fa...

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Main Authors: Dina Abdelwahab Elhamahmi, MD, FRCP, Thomas Chaly, Jr, MD, Guo Wei, MS, Isaac E. Hall, MD, MS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2019-01-01
Series:Transplantation Direct
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/transplantationdirect/fulltext/10.1097/TXD.0000000000000849