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Digital Home-Monitoring of Patients after Kidney Transplantation: The MACCS Platform
Published on: April 12, 2021
[Renal transplantation in the elderly: a survey]
Jean-Philippe Rerolle1, Jean-Christophe Szelag, Mirela Diaconita
1Service de Néphrologie et Transplantation Rénale, CHRU Dupuytren, Martin-Luther-King, Limoges, France. jean-philippe.rerolle@chu-limuges.fr
Nephrologie & Therapeutique
|August 10, 2006
Summary
Elderly patients are increasingly on renal transplant waiting lists. New strategies like age matching and dual-kidney transplants from older donors show promising results for patient and graft survival.
Area of Science:
- Nephrology
- Transplantation immunology
- Geriatric medicine
Context:
- Rising number of elderly patients on renal transplant waiting lists over the past decade.
- Increasing gap between kidney supply and demand, particularly for younger recipients.
- Past limitations on accepting organs from older donors.
Purpose:
- To address the organ shortage in renal transplantation.
- To evaluate the efficacy of utilizing organs from older donors.
- To explore innovative strategies like age matching and dual-kidney transplantation.
Summary:
- Transplant physicians are now accepting organs from older donors to meet demand.
- Emergence of programs focusing on age matching between donors and recipients.
- Implementation of dual-kidney transplantation techniques.
Impact:
- Initial results demonstrate encouraging patient and graft survival rates at one and three years.
- These strategies offer a potential solution to the organ scarcity in renal transplantation.
- Improved outcomes for elderly patients on the transplant waiting list.
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