• Figure 1.

    Applying the KDIGO framework to accept or decline donor candidates based on a transplantation program’s threshold of acceptable projected lifetime risk of kidney failure, quantified as the aggregate of risk related to demographic and health profile and donation-attributable risks. Reproduced with permission from Lentine et al. Transplantation 2017; 101(8S Suppl 1):S1-S109.

Living Kidney Donation: Advancing a New Framework for Donor Evaluation

Krista L. Lentine Krista L. Lentine, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University Center for Transplantation & Department of Medicine/Division of Nephrology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Andrew S. Levey, MD is Chief Emeritus, Division of Nephrology; Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; and Dr. Gerald J and Dorothy R. Friedman Professor Emeritus, at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston USA; Amit X. Garg, MD, PhD is Nephrologist, London Health Sciences Centre and Professor Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University, London, Canada

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Andrew S. Levey Krista L. Lentine, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University Center for Transplantation & Department of Medicine/Division of Nephrology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Andrew S. Levey, MD is Chief Emeritus, Division of Nephrology; Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; and Dr. Gerald J and Dorothy R. Friedman Professor Emeritus, at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston USA; Amit X. Garg, MD, PhD is Nephrologist, London Health Sciences Centre and Professor Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University, London, Canada

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Amit X. Garg Krista L. Lentine, MD, PhD, is Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University Center for Transplantation & Department of Medicine/Division of Nephrology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; Andrew S. Levey, MD is Chief Emeritus, Division of Nephrology; Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine; and Dr. Gerald J and Dorothy R. Friedman Professor Emeritus, at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston USA; Amit X. Garg, MD, PhD is Nephrologist, London Health Sciences Centre and Professor Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University, London, Canada

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