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Report of National Kidney Foundation Consensus Conference to Decrease Kidney Discards
Author(s) -
Cooper Matthew,
Formica Richard,
Friedewald John,
Hirose Ryutaro,
O’Connor Kevin,
Mohan Sumit,
Schold Jesse,
Axelrod David,
Pastan Stephen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
clinical transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.918
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1399-0012
pISSN - 0902-0063
DOI - 10.1111/ctr.13419
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , foundation (evidence) , kidney , kidney transplantation , intensive care medicine , organ transplantation , transplantation , consensus conference , surgery , law , linguistics , philosophy , government (linguistics) , political science
The organ shortage is one of the major challenges in the field of organ transplantation, yet the percentage of kidneys procured and discarded prior to transplantation has continued to rise to twenty percent. The causes of organ discard are complex, yet an urgent need exists for collaborative efforts to maximize the utilization of all potentially transplantable renal allografts. The National Kidney Foundation convened a meeting of experts to identify factors contributing to reduced organ utilization, and to propose actionable solutions to decrease the rate of kidney discards.