ArticleCanadian journal of kidney health and disease2018
Follow-up Care of Living Kidney Donors in Alberta, Canada.
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- Recommendations for Living Kidney Donor Follow-Up in Canada.Clinical transplantation · 2026Article
- Evaluation and Counseling of Living Kidney Donor Candidates.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026Review
- Long-Term Risk for Scrotal Hydrocelectomy After Laparoscopic Living Donor Nephrectomy: A Population-Based Matched Cohort Study.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2026Article
- Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug Prescriptions in Living Kidney Donors: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025Article
- "They Know You Better Than the Transplant Team": An Interpretive Description Study Exploring the Perspectives of Living Kidney Donors About Care Received From Family Physicians.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2025Article
- Risk Factors for Developing Low Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Albuminuria in Living Kidney Donors.Kidney medicine · 2024Article
- Long-term Care of Living Kidney Donors Needs a Better Model of Healthcare Delivery.Progress in transplantation (Aliso Viejo, Calif.) · 2023Article
- Long-Term Outcomes for Living Kidney Donors With Early Guideline-Concordant Follow-up Care: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2023Article
- 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.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2020Article
- Graft Function, Albuminuria, and the Risk of Hemorrhage and Thrombosis After Kidney Transplantation.Canadian journal of kidney health and disease · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious guidelines recommend that living kidney donors receive lifelong annual follow-up care to assess renal health.
objectiveTo determine whether these best practice recommendations are currently being followed.
designRetrospective cohort study using linked health care databases.
settingAlberta, Canada (2002-2014). PATIENTS: Living kidney donors. MEASUREMENTS: We determined the proportion of donors who had annual outpatient physician visits and laboratory measurements for serum creatinine and albuminuria.
resultsThere were 534 living kidney donors with a median follow-up of 7 years (maximum 13 years). The median age at the time of donation was 41 years and 62% were women. Overall, 25% of donors had all 3 markers of care (physician visit, serum creatinine, albuminuria measurement) in each year of follow-up. Adherence to physician visits was higher than serum creatinine or albuminuria measurements (67% vs 31% vs 28% of donors, respectively). Donors with guideline-concordant care were more likely to be older, reside closer to the transplant center, and receive their nephrectomy in more recent years. LIMITATIONS: Our results may not be generalizable to other countries that do not have a similar universal health care system.
conclusionsThese findings suggest significant evidence-practice gaps, in that the majority of donors saw a physician, but the minority had measurements of kidney function or albuminuria. Future interventions should target improving follow-up care for all donors.
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