Debate: CON position. Formal assessment of donor kidney function should be mandatory

American Journal of Nephrology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 201-203

  Rao, Panduranga S ^a   Jindal, Rahul M ^b,c,e   Elster, Eric A ^b   Salifu, Moro O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; INULIN C 14; IOTALAMIC ACID I 125; PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DEHYDRATION; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FLUID INTAKE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INDWELLING CATHETER; INULIN CLEARANCE; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MICTURITION; NAUSEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION PROTECTION; WATER LOADING;

DONOR SELECTION; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HUMANS; IOTHALAMIC ACID; KIDNEY; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS;

EID: 79951571323     PISSN: 02508095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323231     Document Type: Article

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