Early Transplant Outcomes and Kidney Donor Profile Index Risk Prediction Performance in Kidneys Recovered Using a Uniform Abdominal Normothermic Regional Perfusion Technique

Background

Abdominal normothermic regional perfusion (aNRP) may mitigate ischemic injury in donation after circulatory death (DCD). Specific aNRP-DCD kidney transplant (KTx) outcomes are inadequately defined. Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) assigns equivalent DCD risk components to all DCD kidneys and may not capture procurement-related differences.