Increased access to transplantation for blood group B cadaveric waiting list candidates by using A2 kidneys:: Time for a new national system?
Increased access to transplantation for blood group B cadaveric waiting list candidates by using A2 kidneys:: Time for a new national system?
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DOI:
10.1034/j.1600-6143.2002.020115.x
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发表时间:
2002-01-01
影响因子:
8.8
通讯作者:
Bryan, CF
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作者:
Nelson, PW;Shield, CF;Bryan, CF
Since blood group B end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have less access to donor kidneys and a higher minority composition than any other blood group, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) approved a voluntary national kidney allocation variance to allow organ procurement organizations (OPOs) to preferentially allocate A(2) and A(2)B kidneys to B candidates. The Midwest Transplant Network OPO has preferentially allocated and transplanted kidneys from blood group A(2) and A(2)B donors to our blood group B waiting list candidates for more than 7 years to increase access to kidneys for the B candidates on our OPO-wide waiting list. Between 1994 and 2000, a total of 121 blood group B ESRD patients from our OPO-wide cadaveric kidney waiting list were transplanted. Thirty-four per cent (41/121) of those B candidates received either an A(2) or an A(2)B kidney. One- and 5-year graft survival rates for the group of B recipients of A(2) or A(2)B kidneys were 91 and 85% (died with functioning graft [DWFG] censored), respectively, which were not significantly different from those of 91 and 80% for the 80 B recipients of B or O kidneys (Wilcoxon = 0.48; log-rank = 0.55). These data support the national trial for additional OPOs to voluntarily allocate A(2) and A(2)B kidneys preferentially to B waiting list candidates, thus increasing access of blood group B patients to renal transplantation.