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New evidence of the need for living kidney donor follow‐up
Author(s) -
Gill John S.
Publication year - 2018
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.14716
Subject(s) - medicine , intensive care medicine , kidney transplantation , kidney
A national analysis (Wainright et al, page 1129) and single‐center experience (Matas et al, page 1140) provide rigorous information about kidney failure in living donors and demonstrate that there are large variations by donor relationship and race, the cumulative incidence of kidney failure is nonlinear, and the early diagnosis and treatment of potentially modifiable conditions developing postdonation may reduce risk.