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 …

Given the organ scarcity, live organ donation is increasingly considered a viable alternative
for kidney and liver transplantation. Yet living donation challenges the ethical principle of …

Living kidney donation is widely practiced throughout the world. During the past 2 decades,
various groups have provided guidance about the evaluation and care of living donors …

The annual number of living kidney donors in the United States peaked at 6647 in 2004. The
preceding decade saw a 120% increase in living kidney donation. However, since 2004 …

Previous studies that described the long-term quality of life of living kidney donors were
conducted in single centers, and lacked data on a healthy nondonor comparison group. We …

In E urope, living organ donation (LOD) is increasingly accepted as a valuable solution to
overcome the organ shortage. However, considerable differences exist between E uropean …

Background Living donor kidney transplantation has several advantages for patients with
end-stage renal disease. However, many patients are reluctant to pursue this treatment …

The identification and treatment of psychiatric comorbidity in patients undergoing solid organ
transplantation present a unique opportunity for psychiatric involvement in the care of …

We surveyed US transplant programs to assess practices used to assess kidney health in
living kidney donor candidates in 2017; the response rate was 31%. In this report, we focus …

Communicating the current knowledge of medical outcomes after live kidney donation
necessary to support donor candidates in well informed decision-making requires grounding …