341.6: Insights Into Kidney Paired Donation in Brazil: Unveiling Donors Perspectives

Transplantation, 2024

Authors: Gustavo Ferreira, Juliana Bastos, David Jose Machado, Raquel Moreira,Bianca  Moraes, Vinicius Colares, Elias David-Neto

Abstract: Annually, Brazil performs less than half the estimated necessity of kidney transplants (KT), leaving nearly 33,000 patients on the waiting list at the end of 2023. Kidney paired donation (KPD) is a strategy to increase the number of living donor kidney transplants (LDKT), representing about 20% of such transplants in the United States. We are only aware of a single two-way kidney exchange performed in 2020 in Brazil. Since then, the topic has gained more attention in the medical community. Unfortunately, the voices of those most interested in and impacted by this program remain unheard. This study aimed to assess the perspectives of potential living kidney donors regarding KPD.

Read full article in Transplantation, 108(9S), September 2024.