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Living donor follow‐up: Unfunded mandates and the Hippocratic oath where perfect may be the enemy of good?
Author(s) -
Sudan D.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
american journal of transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.89
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1600-6143
pISSN - 1600-6135
DOI - 10.1111/ajt.14442
Subject(s) - medicine , transplantation , dialysis , kidney transplantation , kidney disease , peritoneal dialysis , intensive care medicine , surgery
The author advances a concern that the currently mandated living donor follow‐up at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years postdonation adds unnecessary burden on transplant centers and organ donors, without improving outcome or better identifying donor health issues, and that this leads to the lower compliance Henderson et al discuss ( page 3131).