title: [Kidney transplantation from a living donor: criteria for donor and recipient].
abstract: The annual number of kidney transplantations in Finland is 150 to 200. Successful kidney transplantation improves the patient's quality of life and prognosis and is cost-effective as compared with dialytic therapy. Only a few per cent of transplantations are made from a living donor. Waiting times for kidney transplantations have become longer in the last few years. Whereas attempts should be made to better identify potential brain-dead organ donors in order to increase kidney transplantations, transplantations from living donors could also reduce the disproportion between the availability and the need of organs.
authors.affiliation: Tampereen yliopistollinen sairaala, sisätautien vastuualue.
authors.forename: Satu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mäkelä
authors.forename: Eero
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Honkanen
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Isoniemi
authors.forename: Hannu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jalanko
authors.forename: Petri
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Koskinen
authors.forename: Lauri
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kyllönen
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lempinen
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mäkisalo
authors.forename: Risto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tertti
authors.forename: Kaija
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Salmela
authors.forename: Heikki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saha
mesh_terms: D001926:Brain Death; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019520:Living Donors; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000191:economics; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000458:organization & administration; D014850:Waiting Lists