Implementation of a User-Friendly, Flexible Expert System for Selecting Optimal Set of Kidney Exchange Combinations of Patients in a Transplantation Center.
Journal:
Transplantation proceedings
Published Date:
Jun 1, 2015
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: For end-stage renal disease patients, kidney transplantation is the only long-term solution. The number of deceased donors is limited. Living kidney donation is subject to strict regulations, limiting possible donors only to the extended family of the patient for preventing the organ trade. There may be incompatibilities between the patients and their related donors, such as ABO blood type incompatibility, positive cross-match, and so on.