Table 1.

Medical eligibility criteria for simultaneous liver-kidney transplantation. A transplant nephrologist must confirm that candidates meet one of the below criteria in order for them to receive SLKT organ offers

Chronic kidney disease (defined by having a glomerular filtration rate (GFR) ≤ 60 ml/min for at least 90 days), and at least one of the following: • The most recent GFR ≤ 30 ml/min • Has initiated chronic dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD)

Acute kidney injury, as evidenced by having a combination of either of the following for 6 consecutive weeks (must be documented every 7 days): • Requiring acute dialysis treatment • GFR ≤ 25 ml/min

Metabolic disease: • Hyperoxaluria • Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS) due to mutation of either factor H or factor I • Familial non-neuropathic systemic amyloidosis • Methylmalonic aciduria