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Data and Optimization Requirements for Kidney Exchange Programs

Smeulders, Bart ; Pettersson, William ; Viana, Ana ; Andersson, Tommy LU ; Bolotinha, Catarina ; Chromy, Pavel ; Gentile, Margherita ; Hadaya, Karine ; Hemke, Aline and Klimentova, Xenia , et al. (2021) In Health Informatics Journal 27(2).
Abstract
Kidney Exchange Programs (KEP) are valuable tools to increase the options of living donor kidney transplantation for patients with end-stage kidney disease with an immunologically incompatible live donor. Maximising the benefits of a KEP requires an information system to manage data and to optimise transplants. The data input specifications of the systems that relate to key information on blood group and Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) types and HLA antibodies are crucial in order to maximise the number of identified matched pairs while minimising the risk of match failures due to unanticipated positive crossmatches. Based on a survey of eight national and one transnational kidney exchange program, we discuss data requirements for running a... (More)
Kidney Exchange Programs (KEP) are valuable tools to increase the options of living donor kidney transplantation for patients with end-stage kidney disease with an immunologically incompatible live donor. Maximising the benefits of a KEP requires an information system to manage data and to optimise transplants. The data input specifications of the systems that relate to key information on blood group and Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) types and HLA antibodies are crucial in order to maximise the number of identified matched pairs while minimising the risk of match failures due to unanticipated positive crossmatches. Based on a survey of eight national and one transnational kidney exchange program, we discuss data requirements for running a KEP. We note large variations in the data recorded by different KEPs, reflecting varying medical practices. Furthermore, we describe how the information system supports decision making throughout these kidney exchange programs. (Less)
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Health Informatics Journal
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1460-4582
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10.1177/14604582211009918
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  abstract     = {{Kidney Exchange Programs (KEP) are valuable tools to increase the options of living donor kidney transplantation for patients with end-stage kidney disease with an immunologically incompatible live donor. Maximising the benefits of a KEP requires an information system to manage data and to optimise transplants. The data input specifications of the systems that relate to key information on blood group and Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) types and HLA antibodies are crucial in order to maximise the number of identified matched pairs while minimising the risk of match failures due to unanticipated positive crossmatches. Based on a survey of eight national and one transnational kidney exchange program, we discuss data requirements for running a KEP. We note large variations in the data recorded by different KEPs, reflecting varying medical practices. Furthermore, we describe how the information system supports decision making throughout these kidney exchange programs.}},
  author       = {{Smeulders, Bart and Pettersson, William and Viana, Ana and Andersson, Tommy and Bolotinha, Catarina and Chromy, Pavel and Gentile, Margherita and Hadaya, Karine and Hemke, Aline and Klimentova, Xenia and Kuypers, Dirk R. and Manlove, David and Robb, Matthew and Slavcev, Antonij and Tubertini, Paolo and Valentin, María O. and van de Klundert, Joris and Ferrari, Paolo}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{04}},
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  publisher    = {{SAGE Publications}},
  series       = {{Health Informatics Journal}},
  title        = {{Data and Optimization Requirements for Kidney Exchange Programs}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14604582211009918}},
  doi          = {{10.1177/14604582211009918}},
  volume       = {{27}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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