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Living kidney donation

Living kidney donation

FromThe BMJ Podcast


Living kidney donation

FromThe BMJ Podcast

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Length:
19 minutes
Released:
Sep 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Globally each year more than 30 000 people become living kidney donors. Living kidney donation is constantly evolving, with new ways of pooling donors and recipients to maximise opportunity. With increased numbers, there is increasing information regarding the long term outcomes associated with donation.

Pippa Bailey, clinical lecturer in renal medicine at the University of Bristol, and Aisling Courtney, consultant nephrologist at Belfast City Hospital join us to explain who can donate, to whom, and the possible impact of donation on the donor’s health.

Read the full update:
http://www.bmj.com/content/354/bmj.i4746
Released:
Sep 23, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

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The BMJ is an international peer reviewed medical journal and a fully “online first” publication. The BMJ’s vision is to be the world’s most influential and widely read medical journal. Our mission is to lead the debate on health and to engage, inform, and stimulate doctors, researchers, and other health professionals in ways that will improve outcomes for patients. We aim to help doctors to make better decisions.