REFERRAL
The timeframe that transplant should be discussed with a patient after starting dialysis
What is completion within 28 days?
The goal timeframe that all transplant evaluation testing is completed to assess candidacy for transplant
What is a goal 90 days?
Status 7 on the transplant waiting list
What is considered inactive status?
An option for both a living donor and recipient to be matched and transplanted, when they don't match each other
What is the paired exchange option?
The duration that a transplant recipient must take anti-rejection medications after transplant surgery
What is for the duration of the transplant?
Patient, physician, dialysis staff member, healthcare provider
Who are those who can refer a patient for transplant?
The best time that an echocardiogram should be completed on a dialysis patient to assess valvular and cardiac function
What is scheduled as close to immediately post treatment as possible?
Blood transfusions, pregnancies, and receiving an organ transplant are all referred to as these
What are sensitizing events?
The term referred to as the donor score, which reflects donor quality
What is the KDPI- Kidney donor profile index?
Post-transplant diabetes, skin cancers, risk for infections
What are all side effects of immunosuppressive medications?
Phone calls, fax, or by secure email
What are all methods that a referral can be submitted to a transplant center?
Adherence issues, history of cancer, low ejection fraction/poor cardiac status, high BMI- less than 45
What are relative exclusions to transplant candidacy?
Insurance changes, being placed on blood thinners, hospitalizations, changes in health, patterns of non-adherence, and patient death are all of these
Reasons to immediately alert the transplant center
The transplant recipient's score, utilized for longevity matching
What is EPTS- Estimated Post Transplant Survival?
Twice a week
What is the minimal time frame that a patient will need to be seen in the post-transplant clinic the first month after transplant?
Active metastatic malignancy
What is an exclusion to transplant referral?
Management and referral for colonoscopy, mammogram, Pap Smear
What is handled through the primary care physician and GYN as a part of routine age appropriate cancer screening?
The general time frame that a patient needs to be seen at the transplant center and have updated testing completed
What is performed on an annual basis pre-transplant?
The non-brain dead, non-living donor
What is the DCD donor- donation after cardiac death, donation after circulatory death?
What is the duration of longevity that is twice a long on average compared to a deceased donor transplant
What is the life span of a living donor transplant?
The time frame that transplant referral should be reassessed if deemed not a candidate previously
What should be part of the plan of care every 6 months?
eGFR 20 or less (considering range of 30 or less), or if on maintenance dialysis
The criteria for a patient to proceed with kidney evaluation based on kidney function?
Active Status on the transplant waiting list
What is status 1?
Donor who has increased risk of disease transmission of HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C due to behavioral factors the preceding 12 months prior to donation
The PHS increased risk donor
Lower Mortality rates, dietary liberation, and improved quality of life.
What are the reasons to consider transplant as a treatment option?