Recommendations for donation after circulatory death kidney transplantation in Europe. (7th October 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: van Heurn, L. W.Ernest; Talbot, David; Nicholson, Michael L.; Akhtar, Mohammed Z.; Sanchez‐Fructuoso, Ana I.; Weekers, Laurent; Barrou, Benoit
• Is Part Of: Transplant international. Volume 29:Number 7(2016)
• Page Start: 780
• Page End: 789
• Publication Date: 2015-10-07
• Subjects: donation after cardiac death -- donation after circulatory death -- guidelines -- kidney -- nonheart beating donation -- review; Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc -- Periodicals; 617.95405
• DOI: 10.1111/tri.12682
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0934-0874

Abstract

Summary: Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors provides an invaluable source for kidneys for transplantation. Over the last decade, we have observed a substantial increase in the number of DCD kidneys, particularly within Europe. We provide an overview of risk factors associated with DCD kidney function and survival and formulate recommendations from the sixth international conference on organ donation in Paris, for best‐practice guidelines. A systematic review of the literature was performed using Ovid Medline, Embase and Cochrane databases. Topics are discussed, including donor selection, organ procurement, organ preservation, recipient selection and transplant management.