Priority 20 from the Kidney Transplant PSP
| UNCERTAINTY: How can we match organs to recipients to ensure the best overall outcomes (for example by age, nephron dosing)? | |
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| Overall ranking | Priority questions agreed on but not put in ranked order |
| JLA question ID | 0037/20 |
| Explanatory note | Not available for this PSP |
| Evidence |
No Systematic Reviews or Ongoing Trials identified |
| Health Research Classification System category | Renal and Urogenital |
| Extra information provided by this PSP | |
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| Original uncertainty examples |
Understand donor recipient relationships in terms of nephron dosing We, as patients, have been told that organs do not age but now it appears that similar age as ideal.. Explain this inconsistency. Is this is just policy? Quantify lost opportunities. How can we match organs to recipients more effectively? |
| Comparison | Service delivery |
| Submitted by |
Patient x 1 Clinicians x 2 |
| Outcomes to be measured | Patient and graft survival, graft function, adverse events |
| PSP information | |
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| PSP unique ID | 0037 |
| PSP name | Kidney Transplant |
| Total number of uncertainties identified by this PSP. | 90 (To see a full list of all uncertainties identified, please see the detailed spreadsheet held on the JLA website) |
| Date of priority setting workshop | 3 February 2016 |