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Partnership Satisfaction in Living Kidney Donors

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
Due to organ shortage, living kidney donation is gaining increasing importance. Medical progress enables a successful transplantation between unrelated individuals, even individuals with AB0-incompatibilities.
Mariel Nöhre, Iris Pollmann, Marie Mikuteit, Marie Mikuteit, Marie Mikuteit, Karin Weissenborn, Faikah Gueler, Martina de Zwaan   +7 more
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Effect of a reduction in glomerular filtration rate after nephrectomy on arterial stiffness and central hemodynamics: rationale and design of the EARNEST study [PDF]

, 2014
Background: There is strong evidence of an association between chronic kidney disease (CKD) and cardiovascular disease. To date, however, proof that a reduction in glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is a causative factor in cardiovascular disease is ...
Alam, Arena, Bahous, Benetos, Blacher, Blacher, Boudville, Briet, Charles J. Ferro, Charles R. Tomson, Chue, Chue, Daniel Zehnder, DeLoach, Doucende, Edwards, Eknoyan, Faul, Fehrman-Ekholm, Foley, Forbat, Frimodt-Moller, Garg, Go, Groenink, Grothues, Guerin, Hametner, Ian B. Wilkinson, Ibrahim, Jackson, John R. Cockcroft, Jonathan N. Townend, Kasiske, Krohn, Landray, Lang, Laurent, Laurie A. Tomlinson, Levey, Lewington, Luzardo, Maceira, Madero, Mafham, Mark, Martensson, Matsushita, Michels, Moody, Moody, Myerson, Nagueh, National Kidney Foundation, O'Brien, Patrick B. Mark, Richard P. Steeds, Rook, Rothwell, Savage, Schiffrin, Schiller, Segev, Tavakol, Townsend, Vickery, Wang, Wei, Weiss, Wiesmann, Wilkinson, William E. Moody, Yeon, Young   +73 more
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Renal Transplantation from Elderly Living Donors

Journal of Transplantation, 2013
Acceptance of elderly living kidney donors remains controversial due to the higher incidence of comorbidity and greater risk of postoperative complications.
Jacob A. Akoh, Umasankar Mathuram Thiyagarajan   +1 more
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Evaluation of the Medically Complex Living Kidney Donor

Journal of Transplantation, 2012
Due to organ shortage and difficulties for availability of cadaveric donors, living donor transplantation is an important choice for having allograft.
Yasar Caliskan, Alaattin Yildiz
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Hypertension, cardiovascular disease and cause of death in Danish living kidney donors: matched cohort study

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives We aimed to investigate the long-term absolute risk of hypertension and cardiovascular disease after kidney donation in living kidney donors.Design Living kidney donors were matched to 10 controls from the general population.Setting Multiple ...
Christian Torp-Pedersen, Lars Køber, Gunnar Hilmar Gislason, Emil Loldrup Fosbøl, Thomas Alexander Gerds, Mavish Chaudry   +5 more
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Barriers to the donation of living kidneys for kidney transplantation

Scientific Reports, 2022
Since the waiting time for deceased donor kidney transplantation continues to increase, living donor kidney transplantation is an important treatment for end stage kidney disease patients.
Kyungok Min, Tai Yeon Koo, Young Hui Hwang, Jaeseok Yang   +3 more
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Impression Management during Evaluation and Psychological Reactions Post-donation of Living Kidney Donors [PDF]

, 2014
Many healthcare providers have been concerned about the extent to which potential kidney donors use impression management or concealment of important information regarding their medical history, current functioning, or other circumstances that could ...
Anderson, Brown, Fehrman-Ekholm, Garcia, Ingelfinger, Isotani, Johnson, Krueger, LaPointe, Lennerling, Shrestha, Simmons, Surman, Tetlock, Wiedebusch, Williams, Yi   +16 more
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Robotic live donor hysterectomy

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2021
Purpose of review Donor hysterectomy for live donor uterus transplantation was from the start performed by laparotomy, but minimal invasive surgery has entered the scene. In particular robotic-assisted laparoscopy is used since robotics is advantageous in the complex donor hysterectomy surgery in narrow space.
Dahm-Kähler, Pernilla, Kvarnström, Niclas, Brännström, Mats   +2 more
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The Mental-Psychological Experiences of Living Liver Donors [PDF]

, 2014
The aim of this study is to investigate the aspect of the mental-psychological experiences of living liver donors living in Korean culture. This study is qualitative research design that applied ethnographic research method through in-depth face-to-face ...
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Exploring Knowledge About Dialysis, Transplantation, and Living Donation Among Patients and Their Living Kidney Donors [PDF]

, 2015
Background: In order to make a well-considered decision and give informed consent about renal replacement therapy, potential living kidney donors and recipients should have sufficient understanding of the options and risks.
Busschbach, J.J. (Jan) van, IJzermans, J.N.M. (Jan), Ismail, S.Y. (Sohal), Luchtenburg, A.E., Massey, E.K. (Emma), Timmerman, L. (Lotte), Weimar, W. (Willem), Zuidema, W.C. (Wilij)   +7 more
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