title: Does pre-emptive transplantation versus post start of dialysis transplantation with a kidney from a living donor improve outcomes after transplantation? A systematic literature review and position statement by the Descartes Working Group and ERBP.
abstract: This position statement brings up guidance on pre-emptive kidney transplantation from living donors. The provided guidance is based on a systematic review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Nephrology Department, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Abramowicz
authors.affiliation: Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Service de Néphrologie, Hôpital Huriez, CHRU, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hazzan
authors.affiliation: Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Kidney and Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Unit (Nephrology Department), Parma University Hospital, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Maggiore
authors.affiliation: Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation, Regina Margherita Children's Hospital, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza di Torino, Turin, Italy.
authors.forename: Licia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peruzzi
authors.affiliation: Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Centre de Référence des Maladies Rénales Rares, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cochat
authors.affiliation: Descartes Working Group of ERA-EDTA, London, UK Department of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Oberbauer
authors.affiliation: Methods Support Team ERBP, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Department of Internal Medicine III, Nephrology and Hypertension Diseases, Transplantation Medicine and Rheumatology, Krankenhaus Elisabethinen, Linz, Austria.
authors.forename: Maria C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Haller
authors.affiliation: Methods Support Team ERBP, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Renal Division, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: Wim
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Van Biesen
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D006435:Renal Dialysis
keywords: dialysis; end stage renal failure; guideline; living donation; pre-emptive; transplantation