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Accumulated Refusal Count: A Signal of Kidney Nonuse Risk

2026-01-11 transplantation Title + abstract only
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A substantial proportion of recovered deceased-donor (DD) kidneys go unused. Accumulated refusals by transplant centers during the offer process may signal nonuse risk, and quantifying this phenomenon could inform frameworks for rescue strategies or out-of-sequence (OOS) placement. Using OPTN data on adult DD kidneys offered for transplant in 2024, we empirically estimated the probability of nonuse as a function of accumulated refusal count (ARC). Kidneys transplanted OOS were excluded from anal...

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