Journal article
Acute dialysis risk in living kidney donors
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Reduced kidney function confers a higher risk of acute kidney injury at the time of an inciting event, such as sepsis. Whether the same is true in those with reduced renal mass from living kidney donation is unknown.
METHODS: We conducted a population-based matched cohort study of all living kidney donors in the province of Ontario, Canada who underwent donor nephrectomy from 1992 to 2009. We manually reviewed the medical records of …
Authors
Lam N; Huang A; Feldman LS; Gill JS; Karpinski M; Kim J; Klarenbach SW; Knoll GA; Lentine KL; Nguan CY
Journal
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Vol. 27, No. 8, pp. 3291–3295
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
August 1, 2012
DOI
10.1093/ndt/gfr802
ISSN
0931-0509