Living Donor Experience
Fig. 17.1 “MC’s Team” for the National Kidney Foundation Kidney Walk My initial goal was to get my sister through peritoneal dialysis. My mission was successful. My primary goal was…
Live Donor Pancreas Transplantation
Fig. 6.1 Magnetic resonance angiogram showing anatomy of the splenic and renal arteries. (Reproduced with permission from Humar A, Khwaja KO, Sutherland DER. Pancreas transplantation. In: Humar A, Matus AJ,…
Living Donor Liver Transplantation
Phase I Phone interview with transplant coordinator Phase II Evaluation by hepatologist, social worker, medical psychologist, and coordinator Complete medical history and physical examination Laboratory tests Phase III Surgical evaluation…
Management of Conflict Between the Independent Living Donor Advocate and the Transplant Team
JENNIFER STEEL (ed.)Living Donor Advocacy2014An Evolving Role Within Transplantation10.1007/978-1-4614-9143-9_15 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 15. Management of Conflict Between the Independent Living Donor Advocate and the Transplant Team Roxanne M. Taylor1 (1) Maine…
Contraindications to Living Donation from an ILDA Perspective
1. Prospective donor does not want to proceed 2. Prospective donor lacks adequate understanding of risks associated with donation or the donation process 3. Prospective donor is not a willing…
Unrelated Donors
Fig. 11.1 Emotional relatedness: How unrelated are unrelated donors? Increasing Numbers of Unrelated Donors In the US, unrelated kidney donations have markedly increased over the past 20 years, with over…
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…
