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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 May 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Transplant. 2009 Aug 21;9(10):2338–2345. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2009.02782.x

Table 6.

Discards of procured deceased donor kidneys, by organ type1

Kidney type Number discarded % p-Value
SCD kidney2 (n = 16 782) 1147 6.8 Reference
CDC kidney2 (n = 1686) 132 7.8 0.13
ECD kidney2 (n = 5374) 2136 39.8 <0.01
DCD kidney2 (n = 1564) 230 14.7 <0.01
1

Discards are counted per kidney procured from 7/1/2004 through 7/1/2006.

2

SCD = standard criteria donor; CDC = Centers for Disease Control designation of donor as increased risk for viral infection; ECD = extended criteria donor; DCD = donation after cardiac death.