Review article

Evaluation of patients for kidney transplantation

Branka Sladoje-Martinović orcid.org/0000-0001-8390-6438 ; Zavod za nefrologiju i dijalizu, Klinika za internu medicinu, Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka
Lidija Orlić ; Zavod za nefrologiju i dijalizu, Klinika za internu medicinu, Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka
Stela Živčić-Ćosić ; Zavod za nefrologiju i dijalizu, Klinika za internu medicinu, Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka
Sretenka Vuksanović-Mikuličić ; Zavod za nefrologiju i dijalizu, Klinika za internu medicinu, Klinički bolnički centar Rijeka

Abstract

Only one third of those patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who received
dialysis treatment in Croatia are registered on the waiting list for a cadaveric kidney transplant.
For majority of patients transplantation is not possible because of various contraindications.
The main reason is a steadily growing age and therefore higher incidence of cardiovascular
disease and diabetes. Before including patients in the waiting list, potential kidney
transplant recipients should undergo a rigorous selection and evaluation. It is necessary to
treat concomitant diseases which can influence patient’s and transplant’s survival. After including
patients on waiting list, it is obligatory to evaluate them and look for potential contraindications.
In that case they have to be temporarily or permanently removed from the
waiting list.

Keywords

contraindications; kidney transplantation; waiting list

Hrčak ID:

63074

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/63074

Publication date:

8.12.2010.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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