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Show Kidney Transplantation (ICD-9 Code: 571; ICD 10: K70, K73-74) Compiled by Romel Mackelprang 1999 Utah Kidney Transplants: 161 Since the first successful kidney transplant in 1954, technology has been greatly enhanced and survival rates are much higher. Tracking transplant data helps to monitor and evaluate the current methods of organ procurement. There has been steady growth of organ transplants in the U.S., and accelerating growth in Utah over the past several years. This is due to increased awareness and demand. Due to the continual increase in the number of people on the waiting list and the stagnant growth in the supply, much debate has been raised over formulating a method to increase supply. Many kidney donations are from living relatives. Thus, as the demand grows the supply will grow as well because people are generally more willing to donate an organ to a relative. Living-related donations have grown rapidly over the past several years. However, much concern is given to the of cadaveric transplants. This concern is being met with programs to increase public awareness about the shortage in hopes that we will see an increase in the organ sup- piy. Table 44. Kidney Transplants in United States, 1990-1999. Utah, UNOS Region 5, and Year Utah Region 5 U.S. U.S. Waiting List 1990 118 1540 9358 17883 1991 133 1634 9626 19352 1992 108 1577 9671 22376 1993 132 1679 10296 24973 1994 115 1625 10542 27498 1995 130 1617 10954 31149 1996 132 1733 11228 34646 1997 123 1764 11536 38270 1998 144 1878 12229 42392 1999 161 1744 12400 46489 An organ is generally given to a recipient within the transplant region of organ donation, to decrease the organ preservation time, improve organ quality, and decrease costs. There are 11 U.S. transplant regions. Utah is in region 5 with California, Arizona, New Mexico and Nevada. 2000 -j 1800 - 1600 - 1400 - 1200 - 1000 - 800 - 600 - 400 - 200 - 0 ¦Utah ----------Region 5 1990 1992 1994 Year 1996 1998 Figure 31. Kidney Transplants, Utah and UNOS Region 5,1990-1999. Sources: 2000 Annual Report of the U.S. Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: Transplant Data 1989-1998. (2001, February 16). Rockville, MD and Richmond, VA: HHS/HRSA/OSP/DOT and UNOS. [Online] http://www.unos.org/frame_Default. asp ?Category=anrptA Retrieved 3/19/02. The Organ Transplantation and Procurement Network. [Online] http://www.optn.org. Utah's Health: An Annual Review Volume VIII 85 |
