A Report of the Amsterdam Forum On the Care of the Live Kidney Donor: Data and Medical
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BACKGROUND: Living kidney donation is associated with better recipient outcomes
compared with deceased kidney donation, but living kidney donors face the risk of physical …

Sharon R. Kaufman examines the quandary of patients, families and doctors not knowing
the point where enough medical treatment becomes too much treatment. A hidden chain of …

Due to the shortage of organs, living donor acceptance criteria are becoming less stringent.
An accurate determination of the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is critical in the evaluation of …

Over the past two decades, live kidney donation by older individuals (≥ 55 years) has
become more common. Given the strong associations of older age with cardiovascular …

To minimize the health risks faced by living kidney donors, multiple clinical practice
guidelines have been developed on the assessment and care of potential donors. This study …

The current system of organ procurement which relies on donation is inadequate to the
current and future need for transplantable kidneys. The growing disparity between demand …

Results The NIS captured 89%(69,117 of 77,702) of living donors in the United States.
Donor characteristics were relatively concordant with those noted in SRTR (mean age, 40.1 …

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 …

Introduction The growing number of renal transplant recipients in a sustained
immunosuppressive state is a factor that can contribute to increased incidence of sepsis …