"Suboptimal" kidney donors: the experience with tacrolimus-based immunosuppression.
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Female, pediatric, and older donors have been associated with inferior graft survival after renal transplantation. We analyzed these three subgroups in 397 patients receiving tacrolimus-based immunosuppression. There were no differences in recipient age, incidence of retransplantation, or percentage of sensitized patients. Female donors, compared with male donors, were associated with comparable 1- and 3-year patient survival rates (96% and 93% vs. 95% and 92%, respectively) and comparable 1- and 3-year graft survival rates (90% and 80% vs. 88% and 81%, respectively). Renal function was also similar. Recipients of pediatric en bloc kidneys, when compared with recipients of other cadaveric kidneys, also had comparable 1- and 3-year patient survival rates (94% and 94% vs. 95% and 91%, respectively) and comparable 1- and 3-year graft survival rates (84% and 84% vs. 89% and 79%, respectively). Renal function was better in recipients of en bloc kidneys, with a mean serum creatinine level of 1.4+/-1.8 mg/dl vs. 2.0+/-1.5 mg/dl (P=0.01). In contrast to the first two subgroups, donors over 60 years of age, when compared with donors under 60 years of age, were associated with worse 1- and 3-year patient survival rates (88% and 80% vs. 96% and 94%, respectively; P<0.03) and worse 1- and 3-year graft survival rates (74% and 62% vs. 91% and 83%, respectively; P<0.0001). Renal function was worse in the older donor group, with a serum creatinine level of 2.7+/-1.2 mg/ml vs. 1.9+/-1.5 mg/dl (P=0.01). We conclude that, under tacrolimus-based immunosuppression, kidneys from female or very young pediatric donors are not associated with adverse outcomes, whereas kidneys from donors over 60 years of age are associated with inferior outcomes.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Shapiro, R; Vivas, C; Scantlebury, VP; Jordan, ML; Gritsch, HA; Neugarten, J; McCauley, J; Randhawa, P; Irish, W; Fung, JJ; Hakala, T; Simmons, RL; Starzl, TE
Published Date
- November 15, 1996
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 62 / 9
Start / End Page
- 1242 - 1246
PubMed ID
- 8932264
Pubmed Central ID
- 8932264
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0041-1337
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1097/00007890-199611150-00010
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States