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Living Kidney Donor Follow‐Up: State‐of‐the‐Art and Future Directions, Conference Summary and Recommendations
Author(s) -
Alan B. Leichtman,
Michael Abecassis,
Mark L. Barr,
Marian Charlton,
David J. Cohen,
Dennis L. Confer,
Mathew Cooper,
Gabriel M. Danovitch,
Connie L. Davis,
Francis L. Delmonico,
Mary Amanda Dew,
Cathy Garvey,
Robert S. Gaston,
John S. Gill,
Brenda W. Gillespie,
Hassan N. Ibrahim,
Cheryl Jacobs,
Jeffrey Kahn,
B. L. Kasiske,
Joseph Kim,
Krista L. Lentine,
M. Manyalich,
J.O. Medina-Pestana,
Robert M. Merion,
Marva Moxey-Mims,
Jonah Odim,
G Opelz,
Janice Orlowski,
Abid Rizvi,
John P. Roberts,
Dorry L. Segev,
Tina Sledge,
Robert W. Steiner,
Sandra J. Taler,
S. C. Textor,
G Thiel,
Amy D. Waterman,
Errol B. Williams,
Robert A. Wolfe,
James J. Wynn,
Arthur J. Matas
Publication year - 2011
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/j.1600-6143.2011.03816.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychosocial , donation , kidney donation , government (linguistics) , socioeconomic status , family medicine , gerontology , kidney transplantation , environmental health , transplantation , economic growth , surgery , psychiatry , population , linguistics , philosophy , economics
In light of continued uncertainty regarding postkidney donation medical, psychosocial and socioeconomic outcomes for traditional living donors and especially for donors meeting more relaxed acceptance criteria, a meeting was held in September 2010 to (1) review limitations of existing data on outcomes of living kidney donors; (2) assess and define the need for long‐term follow‐up of living kidney donors; (3) identify the potential system requirements, infrastructure and costs of long‐term follow‐up for living kidney donor outcomes in the United States and (4) explore practical options for future development and funding of United States living kidney donor data collection, metrics and endpoints. Conference participants included prior kidney donors, physicians, surgeons, medical ethicists, social scientists, donor coordinators, social workers, independent donor advocates and representatives of payer organizations and the federal government. The findings and recommendations generated at this meeting are presented.