A randomized controlled trial of Explore Transplant at Home to improve transplant knowledge and decision-making for CKD 3–5 patients at Kaiser Permanente Southern California

A randomized controlled trial of Explore Transplant at Home to improve transplant knowledge and decision-making for CKD 3–5 patients at Kaiser Permanente Southern California

Abstract Background Five-year survival on dialysis is only 40%, compared to 74% with a deceased donor kidney transplant (DDKT) and 87% with a living donor kidney transplant (LDKT). An American Society of Transplantation (AST) Consensus Conference recommended that patients with chronic kidney disease...

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Main Authors: Amy D. Waterman, Crystal Anderson, Angelika Alem, John D. Peipert, Jennifer L. Beaumont, Shayna L. Henry, Bhanuja Dub, Lizeth Ambriz, Neha Bijjala, Amanda Faye Lipsey, Brian Mittman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:BMC Nephrology
Subjects:
Kidney transplantation
Living donor
Racial disparities
African-Americans
Hispanics
Patient education
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12882-019-1262-9

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