Editorial May 23, 2024 Expanding the Overton Window in Deceased Kidney Donor Eligibility—Enough to Make a Difference? Xingxing S. Cheng, MD, MS1; Colin R. Lenihan, MB BCh BAO, PhD1 Author Affiliations JAMA. 2024;332(3):199-200. doi:10.1001/jama.2024.8734 ...
Ahmadi AR, Lafranca JA, Claessens LA, Imamdi RMS, Ijzermans JNM, Betjes MGH, et al. Shifting par- adigms in eligibility criteria for live kidney donation: a systematic review. Kidney Int. Nature Publishing Group; 2014;: 1-15. doi: 10.1038/ki.2014.118...
Most of us are born with two kidneys. However, a healthy person can live a normal, healthy life with just one kidney. This means that a healthy person can give (donate) a kidney to someone whose kidneys aren’t working. This gift is living kidney donation. ...
Understanding national attitudes about living kidney donation will enable us to identify and address existing disincentives to living kidney donation. We performed a national survey to describe living kidney donation perceptions, perceived factors that affect the willingness to donate, and analyzed difference...
2.1. Eligibility criteria We included personal narratives and accounts of LKDs regarding their experiences pre-, peri- and post-donation. While we acknowledge the value of unsolicited patient narratives found on Internet platforms, such as patient blogs, we have restricted our search to published pee...
Before 2009, patients who were referred to our center received information on the option of LOD at the time they were evaluated for eligibility for kidney transplantation. Patients were instructed to ask their potential donors to contact the transplant centre if they were willing to undergo evaluatio...
Eligibility:Open to projects that are ranked as worthy of funding. Type:Scholarship Frequency:Annual No. of awards offered:1 Contributor:Kidney Health Australia Kidney Health Australia Seeding and Equipment Grants Subjects:The functions or diseases of the kidney, urinary tract and related organs, or ...
Living kidney donation benefits recipients and society but carries short-term and long-term risks for the donor. This Review summarizes the studies that underlie our current understanding of these risks in the first decade after donation, with a view to improving the informed consent process. Two ...
Studies have found that medical eligibility (such as age and comorbidities) does not explain ethnic disparities in transplantation. In fact, Hispanics had a lower prevalence of medical barriers to transplantation than non-Hispanic whites at the time of dialysis initiation [12]. Thus, other barriers...
the benefits of understanding the lung-specific donor risk may facilitate organ pursuit by OPOs through a better understanding of organ quality and eligibility for pursuit,30,31 may better define transplant center decision-making practices and shed light on the transplant system performance overall makin...