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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Transplant Discussion => Topic started by: okarol on February 17, 2014, 06:24:33 PM

Title: National Kidney Registry is finding matches for the hardest to match patients
Post by: okarol on February 17, 2014, 06:24:33 PM

The National Kidney Registry demonstrated success finding matches for the hardest to match patients:
"We nearly doubled (from 59 to 110) the number of patients transplanted who had cPRA scores above 80%. More impressive, 24% of our transplanted patients in 2013 had cPRA scores > 95%.
This powerful capability to find matches for the most highly sensitized patients is creating transplant opportunities for patients who were previously considered un-transplantable. We expect this life-saving trend to continue as the NKR volume expands."

The larger the pool of recipients and their non-matching donors, the greater the opportunity for creating swaps and chains.

Ask your center if they are a member of the National Kidney Registry. www.kidneyregistry.org - click on Member Center Referral in upper left to see.

Title: Re: National Kidney Registry is finding matches for the hardest to match patients
Post by: Joe on February 17, 2014, 06:34:23 PM

Praying they can find a match for Jenna!

Title: Re: National Kidney Registry is finding matches for the hardest to match patients
Post by: jeannea on February 17, 2014, 06:49:20 PM

That's wonderful news. I was at 97% and got mine.