Living Kidney Donors: Current State of Affairs

Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 242-249

  Davis, Connie L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

End stage kidney disease; Insurance; Kidney; Living donor; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DONOR SELECTION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREECLAMPSIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649385588     PISSN: 15485595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.ackd.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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