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Background
Kidneys from deceased donors infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are underutilized. Most HCV virus‐infected donors are designated as Public Health Service increased donors (PHS‐IR). Impact of PHS and HCV designations on discard is not well studied.
Methods
We queried the UNOS data set for all deceased donor kidneys between January 2015 and December 2018. The final study cohort donors...
The number of simultaneous liver‐kidney transplantations (SLKTs) and use of induction therapy for SLKT have increased recently, without much published evidence, especially in the context of maintenance immunosuppression containing tacrolimus (TAC) and mycophenolic acid (MPA). We queried the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network registry for SLKT recipients maintained on TAC/MPA at discharge in...
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