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. 2019 Mar 15;2019(3):CD011671. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011671.pub2
Methods
  • Study design: quasi‐RCT (consecutive donors; kidneys randomised)

  • Duration of study: October 2008 to February 2011

  • Duration of follow‐up: not reported

Participants
  • Country: Italy

  • Setting: not reported

  • All ECD

  • Donor characteristics

    • Age range: 18 to 79 years

    • Number of DCD: not reported

    • Sex (M/F): not reported

    • Inclusion criteria: not reported

    • Exclusion criteria: not reported

  • Recipient characteristics

    • Inclusion criteria: not reported

    • Exclusion criteria: not reported

    • Sex (M/F): not reported

    • Mean age ± SD (years): not reported

Interventions Machine perfusion
  • Machine and solution not reported


Cold static storage
  • Solution not reported

Outcomes
  • DGF

  • DGF length

  • PNF

  • SCr

  • CrCl

  • Acute rejection

  • ATN

  • Length of hospital stay

  • Patient survival

Notes
  • 59 paired kidneys; 11 excluded for technical/logistic issues or renal artery unavailability

  • Insufficient information provided in the abstract. Attempts to gain further information by contacting the corresponding author failed

  • Results could not be meta‐analysed

  • Funding source: not reported

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Not all outcomes listed were reported; data presented could not be meta‐analysed
Other bias Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement