When good intentions are not enough: Obtaining follow-up data in living kidney donors

American Journal of Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2575-2581

  Ommen, E S ^a   LaPointe Rudow, D ^a   Medapalli, R K ^a   Schroppel B ^a   Murphy, B ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Donor follow up; live donor transplantation; renal transplantation; UNOS database analysis

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; KIDNEY DONOR; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MEDICARE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEINURIA; PUNISHMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS;

DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; REGISTRIES; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT;

EID: 82455210881     PISSN: 16006135     EISSN: 16006143     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-6143.2011.03815.x     Document Type: Review

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