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Can kidneys donated after cardiac death save lives?

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Major efforts are underway to expand the available pool of organ donors and increase the supply of transplantable kidneys to shorten transplant waiting lists for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Snoeijs et al. now report that kidneys from donors after cardiac death improve survival of patients with ESRD who are on a transplant waiting list.

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Figure 1: The number of organ donations after cardiac death or brain death in the USA, 2000–2009.

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Delmonico, F. Can kidneys donated after cardiac death save lives?. Nat Rev Nephrol 7, 5–6 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrneph.2010.144

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