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Unmet needs for kidney transplantation in older CKD patients
| Organ shortage |
| Paucity of live donors |
| Organ allocation policies that appropriately weight likelihood of benefit from transplantation as well as chronological age |
| Ensuring appropriate referral of potentially suitable older recipients for transplantation assessment |
| Ethical concerns about offering a kidney to an older patient versus a younger one |
| Optimal immunosuppressive regimen |
Adapted from reference 29
