Kidney transplantation in recipients with mental retardation: Clinical results in a single-center experience

Long-Term Social Outcome of Children After Kidney Transplantation

“…Little information is available concerning the outcome of handicapped patients with mental retardation (10). As expected, none of these patients had a normal social integration, but the majority enjoyed life with no major problems of noncompliance, and 6 of the 22 in this situation participated in some form of activity.…”

“…Several studies have demonstrated that the incidence of malignancy is increased after organ transplantation (8,9), and that the use of polyclonal ATGs has been shown to be a risk factor for the subsequent development of lymphoma (10). Of note, this difference was mainly because of an increased incidence of lymphoma in the Thymoglobulin group.…”

Canadian Society of Transplantation: consensus guidelines on eligibility for kidney transplantation

“…However patients need to understand risks and benefits to give informed consent and must be compliant or have an adequate support system to ensure compliance with medications, laboratory monitoring and clinic visits. 232 If the patient is not competent to make his or her own health care decisions, then a legally acceptable surrogate decisionmaker must be identified and provided with the appropriate information regarding the risks and benefits of kidney transplantation. In addition to making the best decision on behalf of the patient, the decision-maker should ensure that an appropriate support system is in place to facilitate patient adherence to therapy, laboratory monitoring and long-term follow-up.…”

Organ transplantation, organ donation and mental retardation

“…Table 2 shows the results of renal transplantations in individuals with MR based on case reports and information obtained from transplant centers (24–29). In addition to published information, Table 2 includes information we obtained by directly contacting the investigators.…”