title: Organ transplantation for the primary care provider: what you need to know to get your patient a new liver or kidney.
abstract: Successful management of transplant patients requires an informed primary care provider with a good working relationship with the patient's medical home. Primary care physicians who are aware of the policies and criteria that regulate transplants will help their patients obtain the organs as treatment of end organ damage.
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, 4915 Deer Park Road, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117, USA.
authors.forename: Claude A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Beaty
authors.forename: Tyler
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Cymet
mesh_terms: D006648:Histocompatibility; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D018579:Patient Selection; D010821:Physicians, Family; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D014850:Waiting Lists