Open AccessRecommendations for donation after circulatory death kidney transplantation in Europe
Author(s) -
van Heurn L. W.Ernest,
Talbot David,
Nicholson Michael L.,
Akhtar Mohammed Z.,
SanchezFructuoso Ana I.,
Weekers Laurent,
Barrou Benoit
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
transplant international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1432-2277
pISSN - 0934-0874
DOI - 10.1111/tri.12682
Subject(s) - medicine , donation , organ donation , intensive care medicine , medline , transplantation , kidney transplantation , cochrane library , kidney donation , organ procurement , meta analysis , surgery , political science , law , economics , economic growth
Summary Donation after circulatory death ( DCD ) donors provides an invaluable source for kidneys for transplantation. Over the last decade, we have observed a substantial increase in the number of DCD kidneys, particularly within Europe. We provide an overview of risk factors associated with DCD kidney function and survival and formulate recommendations from the sixth international conference on organ donation in Paris, for best‐practice guidelines. A systematic review of the literature was performed using Ovid Medline, Embase and Cochrane databases. Topics are discussed, including donor selection, organ procurement, organ preservation, recipient selection and transplant management.