The impact of donor spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage vs. other donors on long‐term renal graft and patient survival

Abstract

Spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage as a cause of donor death, failed to have a significant independent effect on long-term allograft and patient survival.

Effect of patient coping preferences on quality of life following renal transplantation

“…Kidney transplantation is currently the treatment of choice for the majority of Patients with ESRF, but wider implementation of transplantation as a primary therapy is limited by the supply of donor organs. In Ireland, 1526 renal transplants were performed with 1406 patients between 1990 and 2001 (Johnston et al. 2006).…”

“…Kidney transplantation is currently the treatment of choice for the majority of Patients with ESRF, but wider implementation of transplantation as a primary therapy is limited by the supply of donor organs. In Ireland, 1526 renal transplants were performed with 1406 patients between 1990 and 2001 (Johnston et al 2006). Despite the increasing number of people receiving regular dialysis, the number of cadaveric transplants each year remains static, with 146 recipients in Ireland in 2008, the same number as in and 2007(Culliton 2009).…”

Dialysis After Lung Transplantation: Prevalence, Risk Factors and Outcome

“…However, these findings of donor-related differences in outcomes are not observed in renal transplant recipients. 32 In our patients, peri-operative renal injury may have been abrogated through mediators released from the lung of a donor dying of head trauma, although this is conjecture.…”

Are some kidneys better than others? Clinical goals and the challenging ethical landscape

“…Increased donor age is the most important variable when defining an ECD, and stroke as a cause of death and longstanding arterial hypertension are associated with poorer graft survival. 2,21,33,74,75…”

“…Increased donor age is the most important variable when defining an ECD, and stroke as a cause of death and longstanding arterial hypertension are associated with poorer graft survival. 2,21,33,74,75 Kidneys from older donors are more susceptible to ischaemia -reperfusion injury A and DGF -which in turn increases the risk of acute rejection and reduced graft survival. 24,26,76 Older kidneys have reduced nephron mass, further affected by ischaemia and immunosuppressive medication.…”