Transplantation proceedings
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There is disagreement about the impact of delayed graft function (DGF) on renal allograft outcome. This may depend on several variables including the age of the donor. We evaluated whether DGF could have different effects in recipients of kidneys from donors aged more than 60 years versus well-matched recipients of younger kidney donors. ⋯ Instead in younger donor recipients, acute rejection and time on dialysis were the main variables associated with a poor outcome. In older donor recipients, DGF was an independent variable associated with a poor graft outcome. In younger donor recipients, duration of dialysis and rejection were the most important predictors of poor graft outcomes.
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In Argentina, the rate of cadaveric organ donation per million inhabitants has recently increased to 10.5 (it was previously <7). ⋯ The GCS 7 or less surveillance program seemed to be a valuable tool for identifying organ donors and potentially treatable events, such as the high rate of cardiac arrest observed in this study.