Israel’s organ-transplantation history dates back to 1964, when the first kidney transplantation from a living related donor was performed. In 1965, the first kidney transplantation from a deceased donor was successfully accomplished. Currently six Israeli medical centers perform kidney, heart, lung, and liver transplantations. The Israel National Transplant Center (INTC) coordinates all donors...

The history of kidney and urologic disorders dates back to the dawn of civilization. Throughout history of medicine, urine, the first bodily fluid to be examined, has continuously been studied as a means of understanding inner bodily function. The purpose of this review was to appraise the contributions of the ancient Iranian physician pioneers in the field of kidney and urological disorders, a...

Before any published Belgian law, EU Directive, and/or EU Action Plan, the donor advocate was naturally a member of the transplantation team performing living kidney donation. The need of donor advocacy appeared obvious with liver living donation, which was and is still a risky procedure. Today, it is clear that the donor advocacy must not be limited to living donation but extended to brain-dea...

BACKGROUND Kidney transplantation is associated with greater long term survival rates and improved quality of life compared with dialysis. Continuous growth in the number of patients with kidney failure has not been matched by an increase in the availability of kidneys for transplantation. This leads to long waiting lists, higher treatment costs and negative health outcomes. DISCUSSION Misund...

Background Multiple-days-assessments is frequent for the evaluation of candidates to living kidney donation, combined with an early GFR estimation (eGFR). Living donation questionable when eGFR Methods We compared evolution after between three groups pre-donation eGFR: normal age (Sage ) higher than 90 or 80 mL/min/1.73m2 (S90 and S80 respectively); across ( 55 years) in a population 1825 Frenc...

In this article we explore some of the ethical dimensions of using social media to increase the number of living kidney donors. Social media provides a platform for changing non-identifiable 'statistical victims' into 'real people' with whom we can identify and feel empathy: the so-called 'identifiable victim effect', which prompts charitable action. We examine three approaches to promoting kid...