The consequences of chronic kidney disease mislabeling in living kidney donors.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.mayocp.2014.04.002 and PMC identifier 5096430.
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Abstract
Despite numerous studies that substantiate its long-term safety, barriers to kidney donation persist. These include issues of insurability after donation and its consequent financial and emotional burdens. We present 2 cases in which mislabeling of kidney donors as having chronic kidney disease shortly after kidney donation adversely affected their insurability. A concerted effort should be made to affect public policy such that insurability and the psychosocial well-being of living donors are protected.
Medical subject headings
- Diagnostic Errors
- Insurance, Health
- Insurance, Life
- Kidney Transplantation
- Living Donors
- Nephrectomy
- Renal Insufficiency, Chronic