General question about transplant list

[metrogirl]

My niece has a friend that is 18 years old with ESRF, she's been on dialysis since she was 15 years old. I asked her if she was on the transplat list and she said she was but that she was 'inactive'.

What does this mean?

[Marina]

Re: General question about transplant list

My niece has a friend that is 18 years old with ESRF, she's been on dialysis since she was 15 years old. I asked her if she was on the transplat list and she said she was but that she was 'inactive'.

What does this mean?

http://www.uptodate.com/contents/the...t-waiting-list

THE ACTIVE AND INACTIVE LIST
The kidney transplant waiting list in the United States had been expanding by 3000 to 4000 patients each year [4]. However, the steady increase in the number of so-called active candidates has slowed, and since 2001, this number has been stable at approximately 50,000 [2].

Current policy permits inactive candidates (also called "status 7") to accrue waiting time points; however, only active patients are allocated transplants. The purpose of this policy is to encourage transparency in listing so that the active transplant list truly reflects candidates who are prepared for imminent transplantation. Candidates are placed in an inactive status if an inter-current condition develops that makes transplantation temporarily inadvisable (eg, during a hiatus after a treated malignancy while on the waiting list), although it is likely that some patients remain on the list despite conditions that are not reversible or while their initial work-up is being completed.

[Misela]

Re: General question about transplant list

A young lady I know was on the list when she had an infected tooth, so she was placed "inactive" until that was fixed and the infection gone. Sometimes it is a minor deal. Maybe your niece's friend didn't want to share what moved her to inactive.