Since the first living-donor kidney transplantation in 1954, more than half a million living
kidney donations have occurred and research has advanced knowledge about long-term …

Abstract The 2017 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice
Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors is intended to assist medical …

Background Evaluation of candidates to serve as living kidney donors relies on screening
for individual risk factors for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). To support an empirical …

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 …

Background Chronic kidney disease (CKD) can be associated with a higher risk of
progression to end-stage renal disease and mortality, but the etiology of nephron loss may …

Determining candidacy for live kidney donation among obese individuals remains
challenging. Among healthy non-donors, body mass index (BMI) above 30 is associated …

Live donor kidney transplantation is the best treatment option for most patients with late-
stage chronic kidney disease; however, the rate of living kidney donation has declined in the …

Introduction The scope of the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
on living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) practices is not well defined. Methods We …

BACKGROUND: More than half the newly wait-listed patients for kidney transplantation in
2005 were older than 50 years, and 13% were older than 65 years. As waiting times for a …

There is limited data pertaining to the risk of End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) after living
kidney donation. The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the Center for …