title: [A higher place on the waiting list for kidney transplantation after earlier donation: a matter of give and take].
abstract: In May 2011 the Dutch Health Council released an advice regarding living kidney donors who developed end-stage renal disease (ESRD) after donation. These donors with ESRD will have a high priority when they are on the waiting list for kidney transplantation. With this new rule the former donors will be transplanted within 6 weeks and transplantation can preferably be performed preemptively. It is expected that this measure shall prolong the waiting list for a donor kidney for the remaining patients with end stage renal disease by 6 days at most, on a total average waiting period of 4 years.
authors.affiliation: UMC St Radboud, afd. Nierziekten, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. A.Hoitsma@nier.umcn.nl
authors.forename: Andries J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Hoitsma
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D019520:Living Donors / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D009426:Netherlands; D013997:Time Factors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014850:Waiting Lists