Personalizing Donor Kidney Selection: Choosing the Right Donor for the Right Recipient

David P Foley; Deirdre Sawinski

doi:10.2215/CJN.09180819

Personalizing Donor Kidney Selection: Choosing the Right Donor for the Right Recipient

Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Mar 6;15(3):418-420. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09180819. Epub 2019 Dec 17.

Authors

David P Foley¹, Deirdre Sawinski²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin; and.
² Renal Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

No abstract available

Keywords: chronic kidney failure; deceased donor transplantation; donor recipient matching; donor selection; graft survival; humans; kidney; kidney transplantation; living donor kidney transplantation; living donors; renal dialysis.

MeSH terms

Age Factors
Clinical Decision-Making
Comorbidity
Donor Selection*
Graft Rejection / immunology
Graft Rejection / prevention & control
Graft Survival
Health Status
Histocompatibility*
Humans
Kidney Transplantation* / adverse effects
Risk Assessment
Risk Factors
Tissue Donors / supply & distribution*
Treatment Outcome