Donor and recipient selection criteria are the medical, biological, and ethical standards used to determine who may safely donate an organ and which patients are suitable to receive a transplant. The aim is to maximise the chances of a successful, durable graft while protecting the safety and wellbeing of both parti…
Donor and recipient selection criteria are the medical, biological, and ethical standards used to determine who may safely donate an organ and which patients are suitable to receive a transplant. The aim is to maximise the chances of a successful, durable graft while protecting the safety and wellbeing of both parties. For donors, evaluation considers general physical and mental health, organ function, the absence of transmissible disease, and, for living donors, the capacity to give informed consent and to tolerate donation without undue harm. For recipients, selection weighs the severity of organ failure, the likelihood of benefit, compatibility factors such as blood type and tissue matching, and the presence of conditions that could compromise the outcome. In living kidney transplantation, close matching between donor and recipient is associated with better results, and selection also raises important ethical considerations around consent, fairness, and the protection of donors. Research published in Organ Transplantation reflects these themes, including a study of how intra-operative haemodynamics influence delayed graft function in living kidney transplants, ethical analysis of providing health insurance or financial benefits to living donors, and debate over policies affecting organ donation. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to transplantation and donor and recipient evaluation.
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