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 ...
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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. ...
The following initiatives have the potential to address current systemic barriers to living kidney donation: (1) efforts to expand the NLDAC by increasing the total amount allocated from federal funding, increasing the poverty rate for eligibility, and removing recipient finances for eligibility21; (...
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...
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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...
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...
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 ...
kidney failurealso is small and depends on such factors as obesity, high blood pressure, smoking and family history of kidney disease. Risk calculators help doctors determine a potential donor's likelihood of later-in-life trouble, and transplant centers may have slightly different eligibility ...