Has the U.S. Been Too Strict with Kidney Donations?

August 28, 2019

(Med Page Today) – From 2004 to 2014, the U.S. was twice as likely to discard potential donor kidneys than was France, with researchers suggesting the latter country had the better approach. In a head-to-head comparison, the U.S. discard rate for deceased-donor kidneys during this period was 17.9% versus 9.1% in France, reported Alexandre Loupy, MD, PhD, of the Paris Translational Research Center for Organ Transplantation, and colleagues.