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To evaluate critical challenges regarding the expanding national kidney transplant waiting list and establish consensus recommendations for organ allocation, access, and candidate prioritization.

July 1, 2003American Journal of TransplantationOpen Access

The Report of a National Conference on the Wait List for Kidney Transplantation

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RGRobert S. GastonWest Virginia University GDGabriel M. DanovitchUniversity of California, Los Angeles PAPatricia L. AdamsScripps Research Institute

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Consensus conference reports strategic recommendations for waitlist management in kidney transplant candidates, highlighting avenues to optimize organ allocation and donor utilization.

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To evaluate critical challenges regarding the expanding national kidney transplant waiting list and establish consensus recommendations for organ allocation, access, and candidate prioritization.
Convened over 100 representatives from nine national transplant organizations in March 2002.
Partitioned participants into four specialized work groups addressing list access, allocation priority, waitlist management, and candidate selection for expanded criteria donor kidneys.
Identified critical disparities in candidate access and proposed standardized criteria to streamline evaluation and referral pathways.
Formulated consensus frameworks for active list management and candidate prioritization to maintain accurate waitlist status and curb organ discards.
Established clinical matching criteria to safely expand candidate eligibility for expanded criteria donor organs to enhance overall donor utilization.

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Gaston et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a890b5fc9c00c271ba2a71a https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-6143.2003.00146.x

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Consensus conference reports strategic recommendations for waitlist management in kidney transplant candidates, highlighting avenues to optimize organ allocation and donor utilization.

The Report of a National Conference on the Wait List for Kidney Transplantation

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The Report of a National Conference on the Wait List for Kidney Transplantation

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