Results of Renal Transplantation
Introduction The use of outcome data for renal transplantation in the United States (US) represents one of the best available examples of medical care supported by local and national databases…
Cutaneous Disease in Kidney Transplantation Patients
Introduction Organ transplant recipients (OTRs), which include renal transplant patients, are significantly affected by cutaneous disease as a result of a prolonged immunosuppressed state. Renal transplant recipients have a 5-year…
Neurologic Complications after Kidney Transplantation
Neurologic complications occur frequently in the setting of kidney disease and transplantation, with an incidence reported at 10% to 21% in the posttransplant setting. Neurologic complications may arise immediately after…
Evidence in Transplantation
Introduction As each day goes by, the medical literature expands almost exponentially, and the literature in organ transplantation is no different. Some 27 million medical articles have been listed on…
Psychosocial Aspects of Kidney Transplantation and Living Kidney Donation
Key WordsDialysis, Kidney Transplantation, Living Kidney Donation, Psychosocial function, Quality of Life End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is a physically, psychologically, and financially devastating condition that affects more than 661,000…
Ethical and Legal Aspects of Kidney Donation
Acknowledgments The authors wish to thank Leonie Lopp, Gert van Dijk, Medard Hilhorst, and the ELPAT Working Group on Living Organ Donation (led by Annette Lennerling and Frank Dor) for…
Kidney Transplantation in Developing Countries
Introduction: The Role of Organ Transplantation in the Developing World Africa is the most underdeveloped continent when it comes to transplantation options for patients with end-stage organ disease. Renal failure…
Kidney Transplantation in Children
Introduction Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in children and confers improved survival, skeletal growth, health-related quality of life, and neuropsychological development compared with dialysis….
Pancreas and Kidney Transplantation for Diabetic Nephropathy
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the US in 2015 according to the American Diabetes Association is estimated to be 30.3 million Americans, 9.4% of the population. Diabetes remains…
Cancer in Dialysis and Transplant Patients
Dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients have considerably greater cancer risk than the general population. This chapter discusses cancer in dialysis patients and kidney transplant recipients, with the exception of…
