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March 28, 2026Kidney International Reports0 citationsOpen Access

Wcn26-5265 Induction in Low Immunological Risk Renal Transplant Recipients: Emerging Evidence Against Kdigo Transplant Recipient Guidelines

SMSanjiv MahajanRKRajesh KumarAKAdarsh Kumar

Key Points

  • This study investigates the impact of educational interventions on organ donation awareness and comfort levels among high school students.
  • Conducted educational presentations on organ donation
  • Compared comfort levels and knowledge before and after presentations
  • Assessed participant feedback via follow-up questionnaires
  • Comfort levels for organ donation improved significantly after education
  • 59% of students discussed organ donation with family
  • No difference in outcomes between in-person and online presentations

Abstract

organ donors increased from 21.7% to 30.4% (p=0.08).Interestingly, the comfort level was higher for living than for deceased organ donation and without difference between pre-and post-assessment (2.8 +/-1.3 vs. 1.7 +/-1.0,p <0.001 pre and 2.6 +/-1.2 vs. 1.7 +/-1.0 p<0.001 post).This likely reflects the additional impact of comfort level with bone marrow and especially blood donations.Importantly, on the follow-up questionnaire (i.e.without prompts on the prequestionnaire) 59% of the students informed their family members about the benefits and options of organ donation.There was no difference in the outlined outcomes if the educational presentation was given in person or by online video.Conclusion: Knowledge and comfort levels about organ donation among high school students are limited.Education in the high school classroom setting, however, can boost awareness and knowledge (even when conducted through an online video), and it can reach all the way into the family circle.Efforts such as these are resource-light, can be easily implemented, and may increase the (current and future) pool of organ donors in communities worldwide.I have no potential conflict of interest to disclose.I did not use generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process.

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Mahajan et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69c770418bbfbc51511e0703https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2026.105494
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