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Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation 2006 21(1):2-3; doi:10.1093/ndt/gfi269
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Eurotransplant kidney allocation system (ETKAS): rationale and implementation

Gert Mayer1,* and Guido G. Persijn2

1 Division of Nephrology, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria and 2 Eurotransplant Foundation, Leiden, Netherlands

Correspondence and offprint requests to: Gert Mayer MD, Division of Nephrology, Medical University Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Email: gert.mayer@uibk.ac.at

Keywords: allocation rules; ETKAS; Eurotransplant; Renal Transplantation

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   The Eurotransplant Kidney Allocation System (ETKAS)
 
Eurotransplant, founded by Jon J. van Rood in 1967, was initially only a registry of renal transplant candidates with the primary aim to optimize HLA matching. The organization has expanded continuously since then, and the current mission statement includes such goals as

  • the achievement of an optimal use of available donor organs
  • the guarantee of a transparent and objective recipient selection system based on medical criteria
  • the assessment of the importance of factors, which have the greatest influence on transplant results
  • the scientific research to improve the results of transplantation
  • the support of donor procurement to increase organ supply
  • the promotion, support and coordination of organ transplantation in the broadest sense of terms.

Nevertheless, one of the major tasks of Eurotransplant has remained the allocation of donor organs, probably the most sensitive and fragile issue in . . . [Full Text of this Article]



   Organ allocation in ETKAS
 
Urgency codes and special programmes
Blood group rules
ETKAS point score system
Consequences of the Implementation of ETKAS

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