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A Report of the Lisbon Conference on the Care of the Kidney Transplant Recipient
Journal
Transplantation
ISSN
0041-1337
Date Issued
2007
Author(s)
Abbud-Filho, Mario
Adams, Patricia L.
Alberú, Josefina
Cardella, Carl
Chapman, Jeremy
Cochat, Pierre
Cosio, Fernando
Danovitch, Gabriel
Davis, Connie
Gaston, Robert S.
Humar, Atul
Hunsicker, Lawrence G.
Josephson, Michelle A.
Kasiske, Bertram
Kirste, Günter
Leichtman, Alan
Munn, Stephen
Tibell, Annika
Wadström, Jonas
Zeier, Martin G.
Delmonico, Francis L.
Type
Resource Types::text::journal::journal article
Abstract
An International Conference on the Care of the Kidney Transplant Recipient was convened in Lisbon, Portugal from February 2–4, 2006 under the auspices of the National Kidney Foundation and Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO), and in cooperation with The Transplantation Society. Conference participants included over 100 experts and leaders in kidney transplantation, representing more than 40 countries from around the world, including participants from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North American, and South America (Appendix).
The goal of the conference was to develop recommendations to improve the outcomes of kidney transplant recipients worldwide with regard to the following basic medical issues: cardiovascular disease (Work Group I), cancer and infection (Work Group II), and anemia, bone disease, reproductive issues, growth and development (Work Group III).
Work Groups I, II, and III addressed the preand posttransplant care of kidney transplant recipients by the following components: timelines of pre- and posttransplantation, immunosuppression, level of kidney allograft function, and burden of disease (prior history of dialysis or preemptive transplant and how that history affects outcome).
The goal of the conference was to develop recommendations to improve the outcomes of kidney transplant recipients worldwide with regard to the following basic medical issues: cardiovascular disease (Work Group I), cancer and infection (Work Group II), and anemia, bone disease, reproductive issues, growth and development (Work Group III).
Work Groups I, II, and III addressed the preand posttransplant care of kidney transplant recipients by the following components: timelines of pre- and posttransplantation, immunosuppression, level of kidney allograft function, and burden of disease (prior history of dialysis or preemptive transplant and how that history affects outcome).