KHA‐CARI Guideline: Recipient Assessment for Transplantation

Access to the kidney transplant waiting list: a time for reflection

“…There are sound clinical reasons why some patients on dialysis may not be considered for transplantation, as is stated in the consensus guidelines of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 7 Caring for Australians with Renal Disease 8 and other relevant expert bodies. However, these do not adequately explain why so few patients are wait‐listed for transplantation, why the number of patients listed for transplantation is falling and why the percentage of patients listed for transplant varies so much between the different states and territories (Fig.…”

Mycobacterium tuberculosis: Active disease and latent infection in a renal transplant cohort

“…The World Health Organization, as well as many national transplant committees, have formulated guidelines for the management of LTBI in solid organ transplant recipients, but at present, LTBI screening is not a part of Australian renal transplant guidelines. [9][10][11][13][14][15] Furthermore, little has been published about TB in renal transplant cohorts from low TB incidence countries. Therefore, there has been no protocol or uniform approach to TB screening for renal transplant recipients at our institution.…”

Clinical practice guidelines for the provision of renal service in Hong Kong: Potential Kidney Transplant Recipient Wait‐listing and Evaluation, Deceased Kidney Donor Evaluation, and Kidney Transplant Postoperative Care

“…There is diverse practice in wait‐listing obese patients for renal transplant although obesity is in general not a contraindication. Some guidelines stated that patients with a BMI greater than 40 kg/m 2 were ‘unlikely to benefit’ from kidney transplantation and required individual assessment …”