Lifetime risks of kidney donation: a medical decision analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study estimated the potential loss of life and the lifetime cumulative risk of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) from live kidney donation.

Design

Markov medical decision analysis.

Setting

USA.

Participants

40-year-old live kidney donors of both sexes and black/white race.

Intervention

Live donor nephrectomy.

Main outcome and measures

Potential remaining life years lost, quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) lost and added lifetime cumulative risk of ESRD from donation.

Results

Overall 0.532-0.884 remaining life years were lost from donating a kidney. This was equivalent to 1.20%-2.34% of remaining life years (or 0.76%-1.51% remaining QALYs). The risk was higher in male and black individuals. The study showed that 1%-5% of average

SUBMITTER: Kiberd BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5588992 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature