Expanding the access to kidney transplantation: Strategies for kidney transplant programs.
Clin Transplant
; 38(5): e15315, 2024 May.
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| ID: mdl-38686443
ABSTRACT
Kidney transplantation is the most successful kidney replacement therapy available, resulting in improved recipient survival and societal cost savings. Yet, nearly 70 years after the first successful kidney transplant, there are still numerous barriers and untapped opportunities that constrain the access to transplant. The literature describing these barriers is extensive, but the practices and processes to solve them are less clear. Solutions must be multidisciplinary and be the product of strong partnerships among patients, their networks, health care providers, and transplant programs. Transparency in the referral, evaluation, and listing process as well as organ selection are paramount to build such partnerships. Providing early culturally congruent and patient-centered education as well as maximizing the use of local resources to facilitate the transplant work up should be prioritized. Every opportunity to facilitate pre-emptive kidney transplantation and living donation must be taken. Promoting the use of telemedicine and kidney paired donation as standards of care can positively impact the work up completion and maximize the chances of a living donor kidney transplant.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Obtención de Tejidos y Órganos
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Trasplante de Riñón
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Accesibilidad a los Servicios de Salud
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Fallo Renal Crónico
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Clin Transplant
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Clin. transplant
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Clinical transplantation
Asunto de la revista:
TRANSPLANTE
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos