2011
Should Living Kidney Donor Candidates with Impaired Fasting Glucose Donate?
Vigneault CB, Asch WS, Dahl NK, Bia MJ. Should Living Kidney Donor Candidates with Impaired Fasting Glucose Donate? Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2011, 6: 2054-2059. PMID: 21784837, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.03370411.BooksConceptsTransplant centersLiving donorsDonor candidatesGreater riskImpaired glucose toleranceImpaired glucose metabolismDefinition of diabetesPotential living donorsKidney donor candidatesFuture diabetesKidney transplantMetabolic syndromeGlucose toleranceKidney donorsDonor screeningTransplant guidelinesHispanic ethnicityGlucose metabolismDiabetesHispanic individualsPotential donorsIFGRiskDonorsEthnicityMultidetector CT angiography in living donor renal transplantation: accuracy and discrepancies in right venous anatomy
Kulkarni S, Emre S, Arvelakis A, Asch W, Bia M, Formica R, Israel G. Multidetector CT angiography in living donor renal transplantation: accuracy and discrepancies in right venous anatomy. Clinical Transplantation 2011, 25: 77-82. PMID: 20070320, DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2009.01193.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVenous anatomyVenous phaseMDCT angiographyRenal anatomyCircumaortic renal veinDonor renal transplantationEarly arterial bifurcationLate venous confluenceMultiple arterial anomaliesRight donor nephrectomyIntra-operative findingsMultiple venous anomaliesContrast-enhanced phasesArterial anomaliesRetroaortic veinRenal transplantationDonor nephrectomyMultiple arteriesVenous anomaliesRenal veinVenous confluenceKidney donorsTomography angiographyAnatomical variantsDonor anatomy
2010
Kidney Transplantation and HIV: Does Recipient Privacy Outweigh the Donor's Right to Information?
Formica RN, Asch WS, Wagner KR, Kulkarni S. Kidney Transplantation and HIV: Does Recipient Privacy Outweigh the Donor's Right to Information? Clinical Journal Of The American Society Of Nephrology 2010, 5: 924-928. PMID: 20203162, PMCID: PMC2863980, DOI: 10.2215/cjn.06820909.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-positive individualsKidney transplantationMedical historyRecipient's medical historyAlternative treatment optionHIV statusKidney donorsTreatment optionsKidney donationConsensus groupTransplantationDonation procedureAbstractTextRecipient's rightRecipientsPotential donorsHealth informationPotential recipientsSpecific diseasesPanel reviewHIVDonors' rightsRiskDonorsState statues