Would you accept a high-KDPI kidney for a transplant candidate under 50 with high cardiovascular risk in a region with long deceased donor wait times?

This question raises a number of important issues regarding providing the best kidney for the right recipient.

The question really asks if a high KDPI is directly correlated to survival benefit compared to staying on dialysis, and in general this is the case for an entire cohort but specific subpopu...

Will consider kidney transplant from a high KDPI donor is this situation.

Any kidney transplant will be better than dialysis.

Longer waiting time will further disadvantage this patient with high CVS risk profile.