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Utilization and Outcomes of Marginal Kidneys—Using Kidney Donor Risk Index to Move Beyond the Current Labels
Author(s) -
Friedewald J. J.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2012.04149.x
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , dialysis , kidney , kidney transplantation , transplantation , renal function , index (typography) , intensive care medicine , urology , surgery , philosophy , government (linguistics) , world wide web , computer science , linguistics
The author opines that the Kidney Donor Risk Index better predicts the outcomes and utilization of deceased donor kidneys when compared to the currently used standard and expanded criteria donor labels. See article by Woodside et al on page 2106.