title: Assessment of patient eligibility for kidney transplant procedure.
abstract: Kidney transplantation offers better quality of life in comparison    to patient dialysis. Patients with endogenous creatinine clearance     30 mL/min/1.73m2 are introduced into the kidney transplant program.    Every patient should be assessed for a degree of eligibility    for the kidney transplant procedure. Basic principles of eligibility    assessment include: patient education, assessment of patient's    motivation level, medical risk assessment, as well as evaluation    of psychosocial status and the level of family support. Medical    risk assessment involves establishing the etiology of the primary    kidney disease, cardiovascular status assessment, viral status assessment,    risk assessment for renal graft thrombosis, screening for    early malignancy detection, assessment of mineral metabolism    and bone tissue disorders, and immunological risk assessment.    Identification of patients with highest degree of kidney transplant    eligibility shall decrease morbidity and mortality, reduce medical    costs and improve the quality of life for these patients.
authors.affiliation: Urology and Nephrology Clinic, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia. aca96@eunet.rs
authors.forename: Dejan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrović
authors.forename: Zeljko
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mijailović
authors.forename: Biljana
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Popovska
authors.forename: Predrag
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Canović
mesh_terms: D004608:Eligibility Determination; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D018570:Risk Assessment; D014850:Waiting Lists