New national allocation policy for deceased donor kidneys in the United States and possible effect on patient outcomes
AK Israni, N Salkowski, S Gustafson… - Journal of the …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Abstract In 2013, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network in the United States
approved a new national deceased donor kidney allocation policy that introduces the kidney
donor profile index (KDPI), which gives scores of 0%–100% based on 10 donor factors.
Kidneys with lower KDPI scores are associated with better post-transplant survival. Important
features of the new policy include first allocating kidneys from donors with a KDPI≤ 20% to
candidates in the top 20th percentile of estimated post-transplant survival, adding waiting …
approved a new national deceased donor kidney allocation policy that introduces the kidney
donor profile index (KDPI), which gives scores of 0%–100% based on 10 donor factors.
Kidneys with lower KDPI scores are associated with better post-transplant survival. Important
features of the new policy include first allocating kidneys from donors with a KDPI≤ 20% to
candidates in the top 20th percentile of estimated post-transplant survival, adding waiting …
