Open AccessImproving the Prediction of Donor Kidney Quality: Deceased Donor Score and Resistive Indices
Author(s) -
Scott L. Nyberg,
Edwina Baskin-Bey,
Walter K. Kremers,
Mikel Prieto,
Mitchell L. Henry,
Mark D. Stegall
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000173798.04043.af
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , cohort , resistive index , renal function , kidney transplantation , kidney , single center , surgery , urology , ultrasonography
The deceased donor score (DDS), expanded criteria donor (ECD) definition, and resistive index (RI) were developed for pretransplant evaluation of donors. DDS and ECD are determined by a calculation of risk from donor variables, while RI is determined from flow characteristics of kidneys during machine preservation (MP). This study was designed to compare DDS, ECD status, and RI as predictors of outcome after deceased donor transplantation. We were also interested to see if DDS or ECD could identify kidneys most likely to benefit from MP.