Classification of Living Organ Donors
Fig. 10.1 Donor A and donor B are both blood type incompatible with their intended recipients. They are blood type compatible with the other’s recipient. In a KPD program, donor…
Components and Timing of the ILDA Evaluation
Type of living donor/relationship to intended recipient (related, nonrelated, altruistic) Knowledge/understanding of living donation process Understanding of intended recipient’s medical condition as it relates to need for transplant and treatment…
The Independent Donor Advocate and the Independent Donor Advocate Team
Nurse Social worker Clergy Psychology Other Benefits of an ILDT With a team approach to the ILDA role , all who are involved in the evaluation and management of potential…
Kidney Paired Donation Programs for Incompatible Living Kidney Donors and Recipients
Fig. 2.1 A two-way kidney paired donation. The donor in blue is not compatible with his or her intended recipient, and the donor in gray is not compatible with his…
The History of Living Donor Advocacy in Living Donor Transplantation
JENNIFER STEEL (ed.)Living Donor Advocacy2014An Evolving Role Within Transplantation10.1007/978-1-4614-9143-9_7 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 7. The History of Living Donor Advocacy in Living Donor Transplantation Talia B. Baker1 and Helen G. Spicer2 (1) Department…
The Medical Selection of Live Donors
1. Phone screening Age, weight History of medical or psychiatric illness/substance abuse Medications 2. Compatibility testing ABO HLA, crossmatchinga 3. Assessment of functional reserve of donor organ, organ specific 4….
AV Fistulas
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany In this book all direct anastomoses between an artery and a vein are called AV fistulas even…
Insufficient Peripheral Perfusion and Cardiac Strain After AV Access Creation
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany AV accesses may cause insufficient perfusion of the extremity distal to the AV anastomosis as well as…
Histopathology of AV Vascular Accesses
(1) Department of Vascular Surgery, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth Herzberge, Berlin, Germany 19.1 Introduction Stenosis, thrombosis, and aneurysmatic dilatation are the most frequent postoperative complications in vascular access surgery….
