Approach to the Pretransplant Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor

Evaluation of the potential kidney donor is a complex activity that differs substantially from other types of preoperative assessments. The well being of the donor, who derives no medical benefit from this surgery, must be assured in both the short term and long term, and the potential adverse conse...

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Main Authors:	Sachdeva, Mala, Bhaskaran, Madhu, Molmenti, Ernesto P., Dalton, Donna, Mattana, Joseph
Format:	Online
Language:	English
Published:	Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
Online Access:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3255285/

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spelling	pubmed-32552852012-01-17 Approach to the Pretransplant Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor Sachdeva, Mala Bhaskaran, Madhu Molmenti, Ernesto P. Dalton, Donna Mattana, Joseph Review Article Evaluation of the potential kidney donor is a complex activity that differs substantially from other types of preoperative assessments. The well being of the donor, who derives no medical benefit from this surgery, must be assured in both the short term and long term, and the potential adverse consequences to the recipient must be determined as well. The criteria that must be met for a person to donate a kidney are rigorous and include medical, social, psychosocial, ethical, and legal issues. Donor evaluation can be divided into assessments to protect the health and safety of the donor and assessments to protect the health and safety of the recipient. This article provides an approach to evaluating a donor, focusing on the complex issues that an evaluator is faced with. A careful assessment of risks and benefits to both the donor and recipient can lead to favorable outcomes. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-12-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3255285/ /pubmed/22254127 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/245738 Text en Copyright © 2011 Mala Sachdeva et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author	Sachdeva, Mala Bhaskaran, Madhu Molmenti, Ernesto P. Dalton, Donna Mattana, Joseph
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title	Approach to the Pretransplant Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor
title_short	Approach to the Pretransplant Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor
title_full	Approach to the Pretransplant Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor
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description	Evaluation of the potential kidney donor is a complex activity that differs substantially from other types of preoperative assessments. The well being of the donor, who derives no medical benefit from this surgery, must be assured in both the short term and long term, and the potential adverse consequences to the recipient must be determined as well. The criteria that must be met for a person to donate a kidney are rigorous and include medical, social, psychosocial, ethical, and legal issues. Donor evaluation can be divided into assessments to protect the health and safety of the donor and assessments to protect the health and safety of the recipient. This article provides an approach to evaluating a donor, focusing on the complex issues that an evaluator is faced with. A careful assessment of risks and benefits to both the donor and recipient can lead to favorable outcomes.
publisher	Hindawi Publishing Corporation
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Approach to the Pretransplant Evaluation of the Living Kidney Donor

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