PMID: 7547588Jan 1, 1994Paper

The UNOS OPTN waiting list: 1988 to 1994. United Network for Organ Sharing. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

Clinical Transplants
T J GuoDarcy Davies

Abstract

1. On November 30, 1994, the combined waiting list contained 37,138 registrations. This number represents an 11.4% annual increase in registrations from 33,352 registrations as of December 31, 1993. This percentage of annual increase in registrations is the lowest since 1988. Kidney registrations account for 73.2% of all registrations. It should be noted that the number of registrations increases every year, but the percentage of annual increase tended to decline. 2. In general, the median waiting times for kidney, kidney-pancreas, liver, heart, and lung registrants have increased since 1988. For pancreas registrants, the median waiting times tended to decrease. Overall, heart-lung registrants have the longest median waiting time, whereas liver registrants have the shortest median waiting time, among all registrants on the combined waiting list. Registrants waiting for a kidney-pancreas transplant have a shorter median waiting time than registrants waiting for a kidney or pancreas transplant alone. 3. Kidney, liver, heart, and lung registrants who were listed in 1992 with blood type O waited longer than those with other blood types. Of kidney-pancreas and pancreas registrants, those who had previous transplants waited longer th...Continue Reading

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