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ArticleKidney international reports2023

The German Transplantation Registry Reveals Deficiencies in the Listing Process for Kidney Transplantation.

Friedrich A von Samson-Himmelstjerna, Benedikt Kolbrink, Nassim Kakavand, Helena U Zacharias, Kevin Schulte

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Article in Kidney international reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Friedrich A von Samson-HimmelstjernaDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
Benedikt KolbrinkDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
Nassim KakavandDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
Helena U ZachariasPeter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of TU Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
Kevin SchulteDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany.
University of Lübeck · DETechnische Universität Braunschweig · DEUniversity Hospital Schleswig-Holstein · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: The time from dialysis onset to enrollment on the kidney waiting list (listing time) is a crucial step on the path to receiving a kidney allograft; however, this process has received very little research attention in the Eurotransplant (ET) area. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed data from the German transplantation registry, including patients who were on the waiting list for a first kidney transplant in Germany between 2006 and 2016. Listing time was evaluated using a mixed linear model. The outcomes on the kidney waiting list were assessed using competing risk analyses. Results: We assessed a total of 43,955 patients. Listing occurred at a higher pace in patients receiving living donor transplantations (median 0.4 years from dialysis onset) than in deceased donor transplantations (Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System [ETKAS] 1.1 years, European Senior Program [ESP] 1.4 years, Acceptable Mismatch program 1.3 years), with 28.5% of living donor transplantations performed preemptively. There was only modest variation in listing time between the transplant centers. Patients with a history of viral infection, high immunization; hemodialysis patients; and patients with a higher body mass index (BMI) had a delayed listing process. Two of 3 patients listed in the ETKAS, excluding those with potential bonus points (pediatric, other organ transplantations), were eventually transplanted. Older patients, male patients, patients with blood type O, and patients with diabetic nephropathy as the underlying renal disease had the highest risk not to proceed to transplantation. Conclusion: Although long waiting times remain the biggest hurdle for transplantation in Germany, there is ample room for improvement of the listing process.

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