The First 5 Years of the Newest Eurotransplant Member State : Hungarian Results of International Organ Exchange From 2014 to 2018

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INTRODUCTION: Hungary joined Eurotransplant International (ET) to improve the chance of transplantation for Hungarian patients and patient outcomes, including access and graft and patient survival. After 5 years of full membership, the evaluation of numbers and quality indicators is possible.

METHOD: A comparison was made between 5 years prior to a preliminary cooperation agreement (2007-2011) and 5 years after full ET membership (2014-2018). During the 2 study periods, we analyzed numbers and circumstances of deceased organ donors, multiorgan donors, donated organs, and transplantations in Hungary and development of waiting lists along with international organ exchanges.

RESULT: The number of actual organ donors increased by 22.09% (729 vs 890), an additional 823 organ removals represents an increase of 42.71% (1927 vs 2750). There were 46.51% more transplants managed in the selected periods (1561 vs 2287). The number of new patients on the waiting list increased (2305 vs 3247; 40.87%). The mean kidney mismatch number decreased from 3.21 to 2.96.

CONCLUSION: Joining ET has been an effective and efficient in terms of increasing access to organs and the lives of patients on the Hungarian waiting list posttransplant. It is also a benefit for patients with special needs because the number of organ transplants is greater than the increased number of donors.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:53

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Transplantation proceedings - 53(2021), 5 vom: 24. Juni, Seite 1394-1401

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Englisch

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Mihály, Sándor [VerfasserIn]
Smudla, Anikó [VerfasserIn]
Ablonczy, László [VerfasserIn]
Kóbori, László [VerfasserIn]
Nemes, Balázs [VerfasserIn]
Rényi-Vámos, Ferenc [VerfasserIn]
Szabolcs, Zoltán [VerfasserIn]
Szakály, Péter [VerfasserIn]
Kalmár Nagy, Károly [VerfasserIn]
Szederkényi, Edit [VerfasserIn]
Auer, Brigitta [VerfasserIn]
Deme, Orsolya [VerfasserIn]
Egyed-Varga, Anita [VerfasserIn]
Holtzinger, Emese [VerfasserIn]
Vida-Mező, Anikó [VerfasserIn]
Nacsa, János [VerfasserIn]
Szilvási, Anikó [VerfasserIn]
Merkely, Béla [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 13.07.2021

Date Revised 13.07.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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10.1016/j.transproceed.2021.01.042

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NLM321980689