Kidney-Failure Risk Projection for the Living Kidney-Donor Candidate

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Authors

Morgan E. Grams · Johns Hopkins University

Yingying Sang · Johns Hopkins University

Andrew S. Levey · Tufts Medical Center

Kunihiro Matsushita · Johns Hopkins University

Shoshana H. Ballew · Johns Hopkins University

Alex R. Chang · Geisinger Medical Center

Eric K.H. Chow ·

Abstract

Multiple demographic and health characteristics may be used together to estimate the projected long-term risk of ESRD among living kidney-donor candidates and to inform acceptance criteria for kidney donors. (Funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and others.).

Topics & Keywords

Organ Donation and Transplantation Renal and Vascular Pathologies Dialysis and Renal Disease Management

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 374, Issue 5, pp. 411-421

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa1510491

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