Does Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin (Thymoglobuline®) Have a Role in Avoiding Delayed Graft Function in the Modern Era of Kidney Transplantation?

Table 1

Key risk factors for delayed graft function [1, 3, 10–12].

Donor characteristics	Recipient characteristics	Immunological factors
Older age	Female gender	ABO incompatibility
Higher body mass index	Higher body mass index	Higher HLA mismatching
Higher terminal creatinine	African-American race	Higher panel reactive antibody levels
Donation after cardiac death	Diabetes	Previous transplant
	Dialysis at time of transplant	Pretransplant DSA

DSA, donor specific antibodies.