This book provides a complete guide to the evaluation, care, and follow-up of living kidney donors. Living donor kidney transplantation is established as the best treatment option for kidney failure. However, despite the tremendous benefits of living donation to recipients and society, the outcomes and optimal care of donors themselves have received relatively less attention. Fortunately, things are changing - including recent landmark developments in living donor risk assessment, policy and guidance.  

This volume offers authoritative, evidence-based guidance on the full range of clinical scenarios encountered in the evaluation and care of living kidney donors. The approach to key elements of risk assessment, ethical considerations and informed consent is accompanied by recommendations for patient-centered care before, during, and after donation.  Advocacy initiatives and policies to remove disincentives to donation and advance a defensible systemof practice are also discussed. 

General and transplant nephrologists, as well as related allied health professionals, can look to this book as a comprehensive resource addressing contemporary clinical topics in the practice of living kidney donation.

Rationale and Landscape of Living Kidney Donation in Contemporary Practice

Informed Consent & Framework of Living Donor Care
Evaluation of Renal Function, Albuminuria and Hematuria in Living Donor Candidates
Evaluation of Renal Anatomy, Structure and Nephrolithiasis in Living Donor Candidates
Evaluation of Hypertension in Living Donor Candidates
Evaluation of Metabolic and Cardiovascular Risks in Living Donor Candidates
Infection and Cancer Screening in Living Donor Candidates
Evaluation of Genetic Kidney Disease in Living Donor Candidates
Perioperative Evaluation and Management of Living Donor Candidates
Compatibility, Kidney Paired Donation, and Incompatible Living Donor Transplants
Psychosocial Evaluation, Care and Quality of Life in Living Kidney Donation
Risk Assessment Tools and Innovations in Living Kidney Donation
Living Donor Nephrectomy: Approaches, Outcomes and Innovations
Follow-up Care after Living Kidney Donation
Ethical and Policy Considerations in Living Donor Evaluation and Care
Living Donor Transplant Program Growth, Innovation and Sustainability.