ABSTRACT
Early information about the kidney transplant is recommended to begin quickly the process of registration on the kidney transplantation waiting list, even for the patients not dialyzed at stage V of the renal insufficiency. It is a strategic choice for the patient care. From the arrival of all the patients in our center of dialysis, a systematic evaluation of the access to the kidney transplant waiting list is organized thanks to a clinical pathway. The impact of this new organization was estimated at 18 months with regard to the information about the kidney transplant transmitted to the patient, of the time required for the assessment of pre-kidney transplant evaluation, and of putting in contraindication. On 78 incident patients, 64 received the information concerning the kidney transplant. After 18 months, 50 clinical pathways are finalized at the time of the analysis among which 25 with a period lower than 6 days and 25 with a median of 169 days. A significant difference of age exists between both groups. The main causes of definitive medical contraindications were estimated. Twenty-two percent of the clinical pathway finalized is awaiting lifting of temporary contraindication. The management of the patient is improved, due to motivation of all the medical teams and a considerable work of coordination between the secretarial department and the department of transplantation in teaching hospital.
