TY - JOUR
T1 - Canadian Society of Transplantation and Canadian Society of Nephrology Commentary on the 2017 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors
AU - Lam, Ngan N.
AU - Dipchand, Christine
AU - Fortin, Marie Chantal
AU - Foster, Bethany J.
AU - Ghanekar, Anand
AU - Houde, Isabelle
AU - Kiberd, Bryce
AU - Klarenbach, Scott
AU - Knoll, Greg A.
AU - Landsberg, David
AU - Luke, Patrick P.
AU - Mainra, Rahul
AU - Singh, Sunita K.
AU - Storsley, Leroy
AU - Gill, Jagbir
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Canadian Blood Services and Dr. S.K. Singh for their contributory work on the “Evaluation of KPD Protocol Alignment with KDIGO Living Kidney Donor Guidelines.” The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Purpose of review: To review an international guideline on the evaluation and care of living kidney donors and provide a commentary on the applicability of the recommendations to the Canadian donor population. Sources of information: We reviewed the 2017 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors and compared this guideline to the Canadian 2014 Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Protocol for Participating Donors. Methods: A working group was formed consisting of members from the Canadian Society of Transplantation and the Canadian Society of Nephrology. Members were selected to have representation from across Canada and in various subspecialties related to living kidney donation, including nephrology, surgery, transplantation, pediatrics, and ethics. Key findings: Many of the KDIGO Guideline recommendations align with the KPD Protocol recommendations. Canadian researchers have contributed to much of the evidence on donor evaluation and outcomes used to support the KDIGO Guideline recommendations. Limitations: Certain outcomes and risk assessment tools have yet to be validated in the Canadian donor population. Implications: Living kidney donors should be counseled on the risks of postdonation outcomes given recent evidence, understanding the limitations of the literature with respect to its generalizability to the Canadian donor population.
AB - Purpose of review: To review an international guideline on the evaluation and care of living kidney donors and provide a commentary on the applicability of the recommendations to the Canadian donor population. Sources of information: We reviewed the 2017 Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors and compared this guideline to the Canadian 2014 Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Protocol for Participating Donors. Methods: A working group was formed consisting of members from the Canadian Society of Transplantation and the Canadian Society of Nephrology. Members were selected to have representation from across Canada and in various subspecialties related to living kidney donation, including nephrology, surgery, transplantation, pediatrics, and ethics. Key findings: Many of the KDIGO Guideline recommendations align with the KPD Protocol recommendations. Canadian researchers have contributed to much of the evidence on donor evaluation and outcomes used to support the KDIGO Guideline recommendations. Limitations: Certain outcomes and risk assessment tools have yet to be validated in the Canadian donor population. Implications: Living kidney donors should be counseled on the risks of postdonation outcomes given recent evidence, understanding the limitations of the literature with respect to its generalizability to the Canadian donor population.
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U2 - 10.1177/2054358120918457
DO - 10.1177/2054358120918457
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85086245073
SN - 2054-3581
VL - 7
JO - Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
JF - Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease
ER -