On July 10, 2019, President Trump signed an executive order to launch “Advancing
American Kidney Health,” an outline of policy priorities centered on advancing 3 main …

Background Living kidney donation offers superior outcomes over deceased organ
donation, but incurs psychosocial and ethical challenges for recipients because of the risks …

Abstract The 2020 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice
Guideline on the Evaluation and Management of Candidates for Kidney Transplantation is …

Background Live donor nephrectomy is an operation that places the donor at risk of
complications without the possibility of medical benefit. Rigorous donor selection and …

As the number of living kidney donations in the United States increases, it is important to
continue to assess the manner in which potential living donors are evaluated and selected …

The State of US Living Kidney Donors : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
The State of US Living Kidney Donors : Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology …

Background Kidney transplantation improves survival and quality of life for patients with end‐
stage kidney disease (ESKD). However, there is a shortage of donated organs, resulting in …

Abstract In 2013, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network in the United States
approved a new national deceased donor kidney allocation policy that introduces the kidney …

Background: Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) has several advantages over
deceased donor kidney transplantation. Yet rates of living donation are declining in Canada …

The ever-increasing waiting times for deceased-donor kidneys have focused attention on
living donation as a useful way to increase the supply of organs for transplant candidates …