An Environmental Scan of Canadian Kidney Transplant Programs for the Management of Patients With Graft Failure: A Research Letter.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Kidney transplant recipients with graft failure (KTR-GF) and those with a failing graft are an increasingly prevalent group of patients. Their clinical management is complex, and outcomes are worse than transplant naïve patients on dialysis. In 2023, the Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) organization reported findings from a controversies conference and identified several clinical practice priorities for KTR-GF.

Objective

As an exercise in needs assessment, we aimed to collate and summarize current practices in adult Canadian kidney transplant programs around these KDIGO-identified clinical practice priorities.

Design

Environmental scan followed by content analysis.

Setting

Canadian adult kidney transplant programs.

Measurements

SUBMITTER: Slominska A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11462417 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature