For the millions of people with kidney failure worldwide, the importance of transplantation cannot be overstated. Tragically, many patients who would benefit from a kidney transplant do not receive one. The number of people in need of a transplant continues to rise, and there are too few deceased donors to meet the demand. Worldwide, countries are urged to meet the demand for transplantable kidneys by increasing living kidney donor activity. Concurrent efforts to understand and study long-term donor health are vital to a safe system of practice.

In this session, we will review:

– the new 2016 Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines in living kidney donation [1Workgroup KDIGO, Garg A.X., Lentine K.L., Adams P.L., Alberú J., Bakr M.A., et al. Living Kidney Donors. KDIGO clinical practice guideline on the evaluation and follow-up care of living kidney donors  Bruxelles: KDIGO (2015). Disponible en ligne à l’adresse :. livingdonor/

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– a new modeling technique which provides an empirical framework to assess risk in living donor candidates [2Grams M.E., Sang Y., Levey A.S., Matsushita K., Ballew S., Chang A.R., et al. Kidney-failure risk projection for the living kidney-donor candidate N Engl J Med 2016 ;  374 (5) : 411-421 [cross-ref]

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– several recent studies examining long-term outcomes after living kidney donation [3Garg A.X., Nevis I.F., McArthur E., Sontrop J.M., Koval J.J., Lam N.N., et al. Gestational hypertension and preeclampsia in living kidney donors N Engl J Med 2015 ;  372 (2) : 124-133 [cross-ref]

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