Analysis shows cystatin C improves accuracy of kidney donor assessments, aiding transplant outcomes.
In deceased kidney donors, donor plasma creatinine is not associated with recipient mGFR, whereas donor cystatin is associated. Addition of cystatin C to the assessment of deceased kidney donors may provide additional information in difficult cases and improve the accuracy of deceased kidney donor selection.
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