#122 Kidney Transplant Preparation: 5 Pearls Segment
Core IM | Internal Medicine Podcast
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How Long Does It Take to Get a Kidney Transplant?
The KDPI score that the kidney gets is a number of zero to 100, where the higher the number, the worse. The wait time can be anywhere from 8 to 9 years if they're in an area with less kidney demand or less kidney disease. For certain patients who are at a higher risk for having a medical complication while waiting for a standard criteria, those are the patients we would potentially approach for a high KDPI kidney.
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