ABSTRACT
The ”eld of transplantation has progressed dramatically over the past 60 years. The very ”rst attempt at kidney transplantation between humans took place in 1936 when a Russian surgeon, Yuri Voronoy, transplanted a kidney from a deceased donor to a uremic patient. Unfortunately, the graft did not produce any urine and the recipient lived only 2 days. Many other attempts at human kidney transplantation followed. The ”rst successful kidney transplant was performed in 1954 at
18.1 Introduction: History and Statistics ....................................................................................245 18.2 Living Kidney Donation and Donor Assessment ...............................................................246 18.3 Diseases Leading to Stage 5 CKD Requiring Transplantation ..........................................246 18.4 Kidney Transplant Evaluation Process ...............................................................................248 18.5 Nutrition Assessment: Pretransplant ..................................................................................249 18.6 Nutrition Assessment: Posttransplant .................................................................................250
