Expanding the access to kidney transplantation: Strategies for kidney transplant programs

Angie G Nishio Lucar; Ankita Patel; Shikha Mehta; Anju Yadav; Mona Doshi; Megan A Urbanski; Beatrice P Concepcion; Neeraj Singh; M Lee Sanders; Arpita Basu; Jessica L Harding; Ana Rossi; Oluwafisayo O Adebiyi; Milagros Samaniego-Picota; Kenneth J Woodside; Ronald F Parsons

doi:10.1111/ctr.15315

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Expanding the access to kidney transplantation: Strategies for kidney transplant programs

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Expanding the access to kidney transplantation: Strategies for kidney transplant programs

Angie G Nishio Lucar, Ankita Patel, Shikha Mehta, Anju Yadav, Mona Doshi, Megan A Urbanski, Beatrice P Concepcion, Neeraj Singh, M Lee Sanders, Arpita Basu, …

Clinical transplantation, Vol.38(5), e15315

05/2024

DOI: 10.1111/ctr.15315

PMID: 38686443

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Abstract

Kidney transplantation is the most successful kidney replacement therapy available, resulting in improved recipient survival and societal cost savings. Yet, nearly 70 years after the first successful kidney transplant, there are still numerous barriers and untapped opportunities that constrain the access to transplant. The literature describing these barriers is extensive, but the practices and processes to solve them are less clear. Solutions must be multidisciplinary and be the product of strong partnerships among patients, their networks, health care providers, and transplant programs. Transparency in the referral, evaluation, and listing process as well as organ selection are paramount to build such partnerships. Providing early culturally congruent and patient-centered education as well as maximizing the use of local resources to facilitate the transplant work up should be prioritized. Every opportunity to facilitate pre-emptive kidney transplantation and living donation must be taken. Promoting the use of telemedicine and kidney paired donation as standards of care can positively impact the work up completion and maximize the chances of a living donor kidney transplant.

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Humans

Kidney Failure, Chronic - surgery

Kidney Transplantation

Living Donors - supply & distribution

Tissue and Organ Procurement - methods

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Title: Subtitle: Expanding the access to kidney transplantation: Strategies for kidney transplant programs
Creators: Angie G Nishio Lucar - University of Virginia
Ankita Patel - Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Shikha Mehta - University of Alabama at Birmingham
Anju Yadav - Thomas Jefferson University
Mona Doshi - University of Michigan
Megan A Urbanski - Emory University
Beatrice P Concepcion - University of Chicago
Neeraj Singh - Willis-Knighton Cancer Center
M Lee Sanders - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Arpita Basu - Emory University
Jessica L Harding - Emory University
Ana Rossi - Piedmont Transplant Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Oluwafisayo O Adebiyi - Indiana University Health
Milagros Samaniego-Picota - Henry Ford Health System
Kenneth J Woodside - Academia Invisus, LLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Ronald F Parsons - University of Pennsylvania
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Clinical transplantation, Vol.38(5), e15315
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.15315
PMID: 38686443
NLM abbreviation: Clin Transplant
eISSN: 1399-0012
Language: English
Date published: 05/2024
Academic Unit: Nephrology; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984622006402771

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