We included in the multivariate analysis the factors differing significantly between the DGF and EGF groups (donor age, ECDs vs. standard criteria donors, cold ischemia time and recipient pretransplantation mode of and time on dialysis) in addition to donor S-NGAL, U-NGAL, eGFR and plasma creatinine levels.
Data on potential risk factors for CAV were collected retrospectively, including recipient and donor characteristics, cold ischemic time, cardiovascular risk factors (hypertension, diabetes mellitus, smoking status before transplantation and complications (acute rejection (AR) episodes).
Apart from the timing of liver transplantation, other factors such as donor age, cold ischemia time, need for post-transplant dialysis and other adverse events (such as re-transplantation and infections) were also registered.
The risk factors for post-transplant hypertension include native kidney disease in the recipients, donor age, cold ischemia time, delayed graft function, allograft rejection and use of immunotherapy such as corticosteroid and calcineurin inhibitors [ 26].
Recruiting donors via cold calling has become standard practice.
And the rare Good Samaritan donor who cold-calls a transplant center to donate to the next suitable person in the queue, not even knowing who will get his kidney, surely embodies the purest form of altruism.
Concerns about aggressive "chuggers", charities targeting older and insecure donors through cold calling and incessant junk mail, have eaten into the strong UK tradition of commitment to charitable giving and respect for big-name charities.
We analyzed variables of the donor: age, gender, cold ischemic time and cause of death.
With the end of the cold war, donor dollars were no longer used to reward support for East or West.
Our previous study demonstrated that replacing HES with hyperbranched polyglycerol (HPG) reduced donor heart injury during cold storage.
