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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: PaDude on July 27, 2011, 10:19:47 AM

Title: Extended donor list
Post by: PaDude on July 27, 2011, 10:19:47 AM

Can anybody comment on the "extended donor list" (I think that's what it is called).  It was explained to me at my transplant evaluation as a transplant from a non-standard donor (ie criminal, over 50,  etc.)

If I got the exact name wrong please forgive me as I'm a rookie at this posting stuff.

Title: Re: Extended donor list
Post by: MooseMom on July 27, 2011, 10:36:03 AM

Google "extended donor criteria kidney", and you'll come up with scores of links to have a look at!

Title: Re: Extended donor list
Post by: cariad on July 27, 2011, 12:55:57 PM

You probably should not consider extended criteria unless you are at least 50 years old, and then it is really down to how much risk you want to take.

I don't think criminal would be under extended donor criteria. At least in California, there are two specialized lists: extended criteria, from an individual who may have been older, diabetic, high blood pressure, conditions suggesting damage specifically to the kidneys; and then there is high-risk, which theoretically carries extra likelihood of contracting disease (AIDS, hep).