Barriers to preemptive kidney transplantation

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 28-37

  Coorey, Genevieve M ^a   Paykin, Catherine ^b   Singleton Driscoll, Linda C ^d   Gaston, Robert S ^c  

^a NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Transplant Services Program

^c Kentucky   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CADAVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RENAL DIALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70350676732     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000363348.29227.a9     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Matas AJ, et al. 2,500 living donor kidney transplants: a single-center experience. Ann Surg 2001;234(2):149-164
2. United States Renal Data System. Annual data report 2007. http://www.usrds.org/adr.htm.
3. Abecassis M, et al. Kidney transplantation as primary therapy for end-stage renal disease: a National Kidney Foundation/ Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative (NKF/KDOQI) conference. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008;3(2):471-480
4. Innocenti GR, et al. Preemptive living donor kidney transplantation: do the benefits extend to all recipients? Transplantation 2007;83(2):144-149
5. Pradel FG, et al. A survey of nephrologists' views on preemptive transplantation. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2008;3(6): 1837-1845
6. Kasiske BL, et al. Preemptive kidney transplantation: the advantage and the advantaged. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002; 13(5):1358-1364
7. Papalois VE, et al. Pre-emptive transplants for patients with renal failure: an argument against waiting until dialysis. Transplantation 2000;70(4):625-631
8. United States Government Accountability Office. End-stage renal disease: characteristics of kidney transplant recipients, frequency of transplant failures, and cost to Medicare. Washington, DC; 2007 Sep. GAO-07-1117. Report to Congressional requesters; http://www.gao.gov/new.items/ d071117.pdf.
9. Ortner NJ. 2005 U.S. organ and tissue transplant cost estimates and discussion. Albany, NY: Milliman Consultants and Actuaries; 2005. Milliman research report; http://www.milliman.com/expertise/healthcare/publications/rr/ pdfs/USOrgan- Tissue-Transplant-2005-RR06-01-05.pdf.
10. American Kidney Fund. Health insurance premium program. n.d. http://www.kidneyfund.org/patient-grants/hipp.