National Survey Carried Out by the Mexican Society of Transplantation in 2009 Regarding Deceased-Donor Kidney Allocation

Cantú Quintanilla, Guillermo Rafael; Alberú, Josefina; Reyes-Acevedo, Rafael; Romero-Navarro, Benjamín; Noyola-Villalobos, Héctor Faustino; Medeiros, Mara

doi:10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.09.037

National Survey Carried Out by the Mexican Society of Transplantation in 2009 Regarding Deceased-Donor Kidney Allocation

Journal

Transplantation Proceedings

ISSN

0041-1345

Date Issued

2010

Author(s)

Cantú Quintanilla, Guillermo Rafael

Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud - CampCM

Alberú, Josefina

Reyes-Acevedo, Rafael

Romero-Navarro, Benjamín

Noyola-Villalobos, Héctor Faustino

Medeiros, Mara

Type

text::journal::journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.transproceed.2010.09.037

URL

https://scripta.up.edu.mx/handle/20.500.12552/2438

Abstract

Background: The Mexican Health Law stipulated that the criteria to be taken into account for deceased donor kidney allocation should include the following: "seriousness of recipient's condition, opportunity of transplant, expected benefits, compatibility with recipient, and all other accepted medical criteria." The practical application of these criteria has been perceived by several members of transplantation committees as allowing inequity in kidney allocation. The aims of this study were to learn the opinions of transplantation committees regarding current national allocation policies, and to obtain their opinions about the advantages of a point-score system.