Management of Advanced Kidney Disease: Transplantation
This course covers the principles, role, risks and benefits of renal transplantation in advanced kidney disease, including: donor-recipient matching, the impact of COVID-19, immunosuppression and risk.
Format
Self-Paced
Online
Course
Authors
Professors Debasish Banerjee and Sandip Mitra
Duration
2 hours
Audience
Nephrologists and Healthcare Professionals
Learning objectives
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The principles, role, risks and benefits of renal transplantation in advanced kidney disease
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The importance of donor-recipient matching (e.g. blood group typing/human leucocyte antigen matching)
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The impact of COVID-19 on patients receiving or in need of renal replacement therapy
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Immunosuppression and the risk of infection in renal transplantation patients
About the course series
This course has been developed for trainee nephrologists and others in the UK nephrology community. This module is part of the CKD eLearning course composed of multiple modules that have been developed to encompass key elements of the syllabus for the Speciality Training Curriculum for Renal Medicine, as developed by the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board.
This eLearning course is a collaboration between the UK Kidney Association and Astellas to develop robust and engaging modular content that aims to deliver maximum educational benefit to trainee nephrologists and others in the UK nephrology community.