Non-heart beating donors for kidney transplantation
Mundy L, Hiller JE
Record ID 32011000616
English
Authors' recommendations:
Australia has one of the lowest rates of organ donation in the world. Kidney transplantation reduces the financial burden on the health system and results in a better quality of life for the patient with end-stage renal disease compared to dialysis. Donation of organs from non-heart beating donors appears to be more acceptable to the next of kin, which may lead to an increase in the number of organ donations. There appears to be little difference in graft and patient survival for patients transplanted with organs from NHBD.This technology is already being implemented to some degree in Australia, therefore HealthPACT does not intend to further review this technology.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2010
URL for published report:
Not Available
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
Australia
MeSH Terms
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
- Kidney Transplantation
- Organ Preservation
- Tissue Donors
Contact
Organisation Name:
Adelaide Health Technology Assessment
Contact Address:
School of Public Health, Mail Drop 545, University of Adelaide, Adelaide SA 5005, AUSTRALIA, Tel: +61 8 8313 4617
Contact Name:
ahta@adelaide.edu.au
Contact Email:
ahta@adelaide.edu.au
Copyright:
Adelaide Health Technology Assessment (AHTA)
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