European Renal Best Practice Guideline on Kidney Donor and Recipient Evaluation and Perioperative Care

• Main Authors: Spasovski Goce, Cochat Pierre, Claas Frans HJ, Heemann Uwe, Pascual Julio, Dudley Chris, Harden Paul, Hourmant Marivonne, Maggiore Umberto, Salvadori Maurizio, Squifflet Jean-Paul, Steiger Jurg, Torres Armando, Viklicky Ondrej, Zeier Martin, Vanholder Raymond, Biesen Wim Van, Nagler Evi, Abramowicz Daniel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2015-02-01
• Series: BANTAO Journal
• Subjects: donor evaluation; erbp; guideline; kidney transplantation; perioperative care; recipient evaluation
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/bj-2014-0001

The Clinical Practice Guideline on evaluation of the kidney donor and transplant recipient was developed following a rigorous methodological approach aiming to provide information and aid decision-making to the transplant professionals. Thus, this document should help caregivers to improve the quality of care they deliver to patients with no intention it is defined as a standard of care. In this short version of the guidelines we present 112 statements about the evaluation of the kidney transplant candidate as well as the potential deceased and living donor, the immunological work-up of kidney donors and recipients and the perioperative recipient care. The extended version of the guidelines with methods, rationale and references is published in Nephrol Dial Transplant (2013) 28: i1-i71; doi: 10.1093/ndt/gft218 and can be downloaded freely from http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/ndt/era_edta.html.