Glasgow Renal

May 3, 2024 | dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Kaitlin J. Mayne |Glasgow Renal |Clyde Glasgow |Peter Hanlon

1 INTRODUCTION AND SCOPE OF REVIEW Globally, chronic kidney disease (CKD) is thought to affect about 9.5% of the population, or about 850 million people in total.1 In the context of ageing populations and the increasing prevalence of multimorbidity (including among younger people), the prevalence of CKD is set to rise further. By 2040, CKD is expected to be the fifth leading cause of death globally. CKD has a huge and growing economic impact.

Oct 25, 2023 | bmcnephrol.biomedcentral.com | Glasgow Renal

A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted of all living kidney donors undergoing donor nephrectomy at the Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit between 1st January 2011 and 1st June 2022 inclusive. The Glasgow Renal & Transplant Unit is one of two tertiary centres in Scotland providing kidney transplantation services. It serves a population of approximately 2.5 million and manages approximately 40 adult living donors per year [10, 11].