Objectives: To conduct a contemporary analysis of the association between family approach of medically suitable potential organ donors and race/ethnicity.
Design: Retrospective review of data collected prospectively by Organ Procurement Organizations (OPOs).
Setting: Ten OPOs representing eight regions of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and 26% of all deceased donor organs recovered in the United States.
In kidney transplantation, day-zero biopsies are used to assess organ quality and discriminate between donor-inherited lesions and those acquired post-transplantation. However, many centers do not perform such biopsies since they are invasive, costly and may delay the transplant procedure. We aim to generate a non-invasive virtual biopsy system using routinely collected donor parameters.
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