Kidney retrieval from cadaver donors with disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.

Cadaver kidneys from donors with DIC appear to have an increased incidence of delayed function and primary nonfunction. These kidneys may be safely transplanted if cortical necrosis is ruled out. Heparin, antiplatelet therapy, and withholding of cyclosporin A therapy in the early post-transplantation period may improve renal function if there is evidence of glomerular capillary thrombosis.