Search
Search Results
-
Living Kidney Donation A Practical Guide
This book provides a guide to the principles and practice of living kidney donation. Concise and well-structured chapters discuss the ethics of...
-
Consequences of kidney donation by age in Japanese living kidney donors: a single-center study
BackgroundElderly living kidney donors (LKDs) are becoming increasingly important in countries with a high prevalence of living-donor kidney...
-
Safety of right liver donation after improving steatosis through weight loss in living donors: a retrospective study
BackgroundLiving donor liver transplantation using hepatic steatosis-improved grafts mitigates donor shortage. Herein, we aimed to evaluate the...
-
First experiences with machine learning predictions of accelerated declining eGFR slope of living kidney donors 3 years after donation
BackgroundLiving kidney donors are screened pre-donation to estimate the risk of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD). We evaluate Machine Learning (ML)...
-
Choosing the larger kidney on CT volumetry: a study on the early post-donation kidney function of living donors
BackgroundSelecting the smaller kidney for donation has been advocated if there is a size difference of > 10% between the 2 kidneys but has never...
-
Propensity score-matched analysis of long-term outcomes for living kidney donation in alternative complement pathway diseases: a pilot study
BackgroundAtypical hemolytic syndrome (aHUS) and C3 glomerulopathy (C3G) are complement-mediated rare diseases with excessive activation of the...
-
Sevoflurane preconditioning in living liver donation is associated with better initial graft function after pediatric transplantation: a retrospective study
IntroductionInitial allograft function determines the patient’s immediate prognosis in pediatric liver transplantation. Ischemia-reperfusion injuries...
-
Long-term end-stage renal disease risks after living kidney donation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BackgroundRecent studies have shown that donor nephrectomy can induce renal function impairment. However, few meta-analysis studies about this have...
-
CT volumetry performs better than nuclear renography in predicting estimated renal function one year after living donation
The evaluation of split renal function (SRF) is a critical issue in living kidney donations and can be evaluated using nuclear renography (NR) or...
-
Understanding Transplant Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Organ Donation by Incarcerated Individuals: A First Look
The practice of permitting incarcerated individuals to become living organ donors in exchange for commuted sentences has been posed as a solution to...
-
Predictive factors of glomerular filtration rate loss associated with living kidney donation: a single-center retrospective study
PurposeLiving kidney donors (LKD) partially compensate the initial loss of glomerular filtration rate (GFR), a phenomenon known as renal functional...
-
Living Kidney Donation Best Practices in Evaluation, Care and Follow-up
This book provides a complete guide to the evaluation, care, and follow-up of living kidney donors. Living donor kidney transplantation is...
-
Managing the Costs of Routine Follow-up Care After Living Kidney Donation: a Review and Survey of Contemporary Experience, Practices, and Challenges
Purpose of ReviewWhile living organ donor follow-up is mandated for 2 years in the USA, formal guidance on recovering associated costs of follow-up...
-
The Minnesota attributable risk of kidney donation (MARKD) study: a retrospective cohort study of long-term (> 50 year) outcomes after kidney donation compared to well-matched healthy controls
BackgroundThere is uncertainty about the long-term risks of living kidney donation. Well-designed studies with controls well-matched on risk factors...
-
Does living liver donors’ underestimation about surgical outcomes impact on their health-related quality of life after donation?: a descriptive cross-sectional study
BackgroundIn South Korea, the number of living-donor liver transplantations in 2019 was 1,188. Living liver donors (LLDs) undergo surgery and the...
-
Cannabis donation as a harm reduction strategy: a case study
BackgroundThe United States (US) continues to experience unprecedented rates of overdose mortality and there is increased need to identify effective...
-
Donor audits in deceased organ donation: a sco** review
PurposeWe sought to collate and summarize existing literature on donor audits (DA) and how they have been used to guide deceased organ donation and...
-
Fasting before living-kidney donation: effect on donor well-being and postoperative recovery: study protocol of a multicenter randomized controlled trial
BackgroundOne of the main effectors on the quality of life of living-kidney donors is postoperative fatigue. Caloric restriction (CR) and short-term...
-
Pregnancy in Living Kidney Donors: An Evidence-Based Review
Purpose of ReviewTo review the current studies and guidelines on the risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in female kidney donors.
Recent Findings ... -
Renal outcome of living kidney donors aged more than 70 years
BackgroundThe number of marginal living kidney donors has increased. Medically complex donors who have hypertension, older age, or low estimated...
