Nephrology in Argentina

Global Perspective on Kidney Transplantation: Argentina

“…The characteristics of the kidney transplant population in Argentina are shown in Table 1. There have been 15,774 kidney transplants performed in Argentina since 1998 (1). Of these, 89% were performed in adult patients and 11% in pediatric ones.…”

“…Of these, 89% were performed in adult patients and 11% in pediatric ones. The majority of transplants originate from deceased donors with the predominant cause of death being stroke (52%) and traumatic brain injury (39%) (1,8). In 2005, a major initiative was made to increase organ donation by the passing of the Law of Presumed Consent.…”

“…Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world (surface area of 2,780,400 km 2 ), and the third most populated country in South America (its estimated population is 44,494,502). It is divided into 24 autonomously governed provinces (1). The health care system in Argentina, which covers >22 million people, is decentralized, with multiple state-dependent funders consisting of social security, public, and private subsectors.…”