Kidney allocation in Canada - a Canadian forum : report and recommendations / Published by Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation. : H14-14/2007
This report presents local and regional models for recommendations for practitioners and health care providers on allocating donor kidneys from deceased and non-directed living donors to patients on waiting lists. The recommendations cover human leukocyte antigen matching; wait times for patients on dialysis; medical issues, such as priority given to children, young adults and combined organ transplant recipients, age matching, criteria for kidneys and recipients, and medical urgency; ranking of patients; and information systems and research.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Health Canada. |
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| Collaborating author | Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation. |
| Title | Kidney allocation in Canada - a Canadian forum : report and recommendations / Published by Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | Bilingual-[English | French] |
| Format | Paper |
| Other formats | Electronic-[French], Electronic-[English] |
| Note(s) | "Production of this advice/report has been made possible through a financial contribution from Health Canada."--Verso of title page. "October 25-27, 2006, Toronto, Ontario" "For reprints, please contact: The Canadian Council for Donation and Transplantation, 1702, 8215 112 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2C8. Telephone: (780) 409-5651; Email: info@ccdt.ca"--Verso of title page. |
| Publishing information | Edmonton - Alberta : Health Canada February 2007. |
| Binding | Spiral binding |
| Description | English text, 61p. : references, tables ; 28 cm. |
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| Subject terms | Organ transplantation |