This retrospective cohort study by Husain et al. analyzed US registry data. Investigators identified kidney pairs from the same donor where there was a notable difference in CIT between the kidneys.

The results showed that:

• Out of 25,831 kidney pairs, 71% had concordant DGF outcomes, 16% had only the longer-CIT kidney with DGF, and 13% had only the shorter-CIT kidney with DGF.
• Longer-CIT is associated with increased risk of DGF, even for small differences in CIT.
• Longer-CIT kidneys that were pumped were less likely to develop DGF than shorter-CIT kidneys that were not pumped.

The authors concluded that pumping kidneys may mitigate and even overcome the adverse consequences of prolonged CIT on the risk of DGF.

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