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Hi everyone, I have a question about kdpi. Has anyone out there received a deceased kidney with a kdpi of 94% ? And if you have how are things going. It will be 2 years this June and I still dont know why it was labeled at such a high rate. I took this kidney because I was told I had a very high antibody level, which made it hard to find a match.

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Not sure what you mean by "kdpi??: Please tell me what you want to know....I am living well 21+ years after a very successful transplant from a deceased donor.

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It's how they rate a kidney as far as how long it may last. I was told if it comes from a donor who is older or has been traumatised by an accident or had a low Gfr before death. They use to deny any kidney that was higher than 50% years ago but there has been studies done showing alot of kidneys being denied lasted about the same amount t of years. I agreed to take a higher rated kidney because it sounded like I wasn't going to find any kidney due to high antibodies. My transplant center reassured me that most are rated high because of age. They told me this kidney should be good for at least 9 yrs or more. That sounded better than being on dialysis, although I really didn't have problems with it,but others did. It was a hassle carrying all the supplies where ever we went. My doctor said I would start noticing health issues soon without getting a transplant. I'm just wondering how many people take these high rated kidneys and how long they have had them. Thanks for answering.

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Yes, what you say is consistent with what I was told. It also sounds like older transplant recipients are more likely to receive kidneys with higher kdpi numbers. They use those kidneys with older recipients because the average life span of older recipients is naturally shorter than that of younger recipients.

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I was just at the transplant center for my annual appointment (several months late) last Friday. My nephrologist talked some about donor kidneys with high kdpi numbers. He said that they tended not to last as long as deceased donor kidneys with lower kdpi numbers. I don’t know how much shorter, on average, they last though.

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Thanks for replying.

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