In a recent study published in JAMA , researchers compare the outcomes of kidney transplants, in which the kidneys were from deceased donors who had or had not undergone dialysis. Study: Kidney Transplant Outcomes From Deceased Donors Who Received Dialysis . Image Credit: crystal light / Shutterstock.

com The waiting list for a kidney in the United States currently has close to 90,000 individuals, with studies reporting that less than 20,000 individuals receive kidneys from deceased donors every year. The traumatic incidents that lead to the death of the donor, terminal hospitalizations causing nephrotoxic damage, and inflammatory cascades that follow brain death often result in acute kidney injury. As a result, concerns about the adequate recovery of kidneys from these injuries before transplantation typically leads to their disposal.

However, studies have found that the risk of graft failure is similar in cases where kidneys were obtained from deceased donors with or without acute kidney injury. These observations have almost doubled the use of kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury. Nevertheless, continued concerns about the outcomes related to kidneys obtained from deceased donors with acute kidney injury who underwent dialysis has led to about 44% of these kidneys not being used for transplants.

In the present study, researchers determine whether the transplantation of kidneys obtained from deceased donors who had undergone dialysis before donation had wors.