Reassessing Medical Risk in Living Kidney Donors
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Reassessing medical risk in living kidney donors.
The short- and long-term effects of unilateral nephrectomy on living donors have been important considerations for 60 years. Short-term risk is well established (0.03% mortality and <1% risk of major morbidity), but characterization of long-term risk is evolving. Relative to the general population, risk of mortality, ESRD, hypertension, proteinuria, and cardiovascular disease is comparable or l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1046-6673,1533-3450
DOI: 10.1681/asn.2014030227