Literature Review

We followed the recommendations of the Joanna Briggs Institute for conducting and reporting scoping reviews.¹⁰ On September 12, 2017, 1 author (S.H.) searched bibliographic databases using the search terms “living AND kidney AND donor AND (assessment OR evaluation OR practice OR screening OR selection OR efficient OR efficiency)” [Medline (n = 2801 citations via PubMed), PsychInfo (n = 58), EMBASE (n = 2899 via OVID), and ABI Inform Collection (n = 5)]. Search terms were chosen based on terms associated with known articles of interest. Articles were restricted to human studies published in English from 2000 onward. Conference abstracts were excluded. Studies were not restricted by age or country. Google searches and reference lists of relevant articles were screened and manually added if appropriate, regardless of publication date. The title, abstract, or full-text of an article was used to sort the literature into themes related to the efficiency of living kidney donor evaluations. We then summarized the findings within each theme, focusing on how they could be used to guide future efficiency improvements. Articles only considering how accepting donors with certain characteristics influenced their postdonation outcomes were excluded.