There has been increasing concern in the kidney transplant community about the declining
use of expanded criteria donors (ECD) despite improvement in survival and quality of life …

Living donation is an option for meeting the needs of patients with end-stage renal disease.
We surveyed kidney transplant professionals to understand their attitudes, opinions, and …

Introduction: The current pattern of evaluation for living kidney donors was investigated.
Methods: We designed a 37-question electronic survey to collect information about living …

The first successful solid organ transplant was a living donor kidney transplant in 1954.
Since then, living donation has been an important source of organs for kidney and liver …

Some living kidney donors (LKDs) incur costs associated with donation, although these
costs are not well characterized in the United States. We collected cost data in the 12 mo …

Live kidney donors are exhaustively screened pre-donation, creating a cohort inherently
healthier at baseline than the general population. In recent years, three renowned research …

Living kidney donation is an important option for patients with end-stage renal disease
(ESRD), and has improved life expectancy and quality for patients otherwise requiring …

Living donor kidney transplantation remains the optimal treatment option for patients with
end-stage renal disease. To increase the donor pool, a well developed paired kidney …

Background Kidney donors can develop end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after donation, but
the outcomes of those who do remain poorly characterized. Methods Using United States …

Importance Risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in kidney donors has been compared
with risk faced by the general population, but the general population represents an …