Open AccessBarriers to living kidney donation identified by eligible candidates with end-stage renal disease
Author(s) -
Lianne Barnieh,
Kevin McLaughlin,
Braden Manns,
Scott Klarenbach,
S. Yilmaz,
Brenda R. Hemmelgarn,
For the Alberta Kidney Disease Network
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nephrology dialysis transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.654
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1460-2385
pISSN - 0931-0509
DOI - 10.1093/ndt/gfq388
Subject(s) - medicine , kidney donation , end stage renal disease , donation , kidney disease , end stage kidney disease , disease , intensive care medicine , kidney , kidney transplantation , economics , economic growth
Among eligible transplant candidates with end-stage renal disease, only a minority receive a living donor kidney transplant (LDKT), suggesting that there are barriers to receipt of this optimal therapy.
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