Trapiantologia

Kidney Allocation and the Aging Immune Response

The mainstay of the existing kidney-allocation policy for deceased donors has been the assignment of priority for waiting time, in addition to HLA matching and geographic aspects. The new proposal for kidney allocation calls for the assignment of 20% of available organs that are characterized as “high quality” to recipients with a high estimated rate of survival after transplantation. The remaining 80% of available organs would then be distributed to patients who are within 15 years of the donor's age (i.e., older or younger).
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 http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc1103007?ai=rv&af=R...

New England Journal of Medicine