Live kidney donation: a 36-year-old woman hoping to donate a kidney to her mother.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1001/jama.2011.56.
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Abstract
Ms D, a healthy 36-year old-woman, wishes to donate a kidney to her mother, who has diabetes and end-stage renal disease. Ms D has been evaluated as a donor at another medical center and was told to lose weight and quit smoking. Evidence from cohort studies suggests that live kidney donation is a safe procedure in the short and long terms, although donor follow-up studies have often had incomplete data on limited populations. The benefits of live donation are mostly for the recipient, but kidney donors often have improved quality of life as a result of both their generous act and the improved health of the recipient. Evaluation and eligibility of live kidney donors and their short- and long-term risks are discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Donor Selection
- Kidney Failure, Chronic
- Kidney Transplantation
- Living Donors