Objective To observe the short?term clinical outcomes of kidney transplantation from brain and cardiac death donors (DBCD) and assess its feasibility to expand organ donor pool. Methods A retrospective analysis was performed on 48 cases of kidney transplantation from DBCD. The transplant recipients had finished 12?month follow?up in the First People's Hospital of Foshan from September 2011 to February 2015, with their renal function, rejection reaction and complications at 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months and 12 months after renal transplantation being collected. Survival rates of transplant recipients and transplant kidneys, incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) and its influence for recipients and graft survival were analyzed by statistics. Results In the 48 cases, the survival rates of recipients at 1, 3, 6 and 12 months after transplantation were 100.0%, 100.0%, 97.9%, 95.8%, and the survival rates of transplanted kidneys were 95.8%, 95.8%, 93.8%, 91.7%, respectively. DGF occurred in 8 of 48 (17.0%), but the occurrence of DGF did not adversely influence patient's survival (P=0.524) or graft survival (P=0.362). Conclusions The short?term clinical outcomes of kidney transplantation from DBCD are ideal. As the legislation of donation after brain death (DBD) has not been ratified in China, the kidney transplantation from DBCD could be an
important way to solve the shortage of organs, and increase the number of kidneys available for transplantation.

Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of renal transplantation from donors of donation after brain and cardiac death(DBCD) complicated with acute kidney injury (AKI),and summarize the clinical experience of evaluation and application.Methods The clinical data of the 45 DBCD donors and 80 recipients in the First People's Hospital of Foshan from September 2011 to September 2015 were retrospectively analyzed.DBCD donors were classified into the AKI group (n=26) and non-AKI group (n=19) according to the serum creatinine level and urine output when the donors were admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) in this hospital.A total of 80 recipients were divided into the AKI group (n=46) and non-AKI group (n=34) correspondingly.The condition of the donors before organ procurement between the two groups was compared,and the incidence of various complications,the 1 years survival rates of recipients and graft after renal transplantation were compared between the two groups.Results Among 45 donors,26 cases(57.8％) suffered from AKI.The serum creatinine of donors was significantly higher in the AKI group than that in the non-AKI group (P ＜ 0.01).The incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) in AKI group and non-AKI group was 21.7％ and 8.8％ respectively (P ＞ 0.05).After 1 years,the serum creatinine of the recipients in AKI group was significantly higher than that in non-AKI group [(134.9±63.4) μmol/L vs (106.6±28.2) μmol/L,P＜ 0.05],but the survival rates of recipients and grafts did no differ between the two groups (both P ＞ 0.05).Conclusions The donors combined with AKI do nothave a worse effect on the incidence of DGF,the 1-year survival rates of recipients and grafts after transplantation.So,the donors with AKI for transplantation can widen the origin of kidney grafts.