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This book was written for kidney disease patients hoping to find a living kidney donor for their much-needed kidney transplant. If you're a transplant hopeful looking for tools to help you share their story and educate others about your need - look no fu
California, the photo appeared on the arena's Jumbotron. Just seconds before the puck dropped, the announcer explained how Ryan's mother "gave the guy that used to open the rink for him to skate in the morning a kidney," Nesbitt says. "...
and local kidney hunters with links to organised crime, have stimulated the growth of a spectacularly lucrative international transplant tourism, much of it ... Scheper-Hughes,Nancy - 《Lancet》 被引量: 131发表: 2003年 Overcoming barriers to long-term graft survival Although short-term kidney gra...
Peritoneal dialysis. This form of dialysis uses the membrane that lines the abdomen in place of the kidney to act as a filter for blood. Kidney transplant. In some cases, a donor kidney can be transplanted into the body to replace the diseased organ. Kidney transplants are not a viable op...
BACKGROUND: Currently, many transplantation centers do not follow former living kidney donors on a long-term basis. Several potential barriers have been identified to provide this follow-up of former living kidney donors, including concerns that donor insurance will not reimburse transplantation centers...
This is common for people whose bodies have become sensitized due to previous transplants. Through community outreach, Matt’s story inspired over 80 people to sign up as potential living kidney donors. Matt’s wish for a donor came true when his schoolteacher was identified as a perfect ...
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.
When both kidneys are removed, or when kidney failure is present, that person becomes anemic due to lack of erythropoietin. Iron, vitamin B-12 and folate are essential in the production of RBCs. Red blood cells (RBCs) are by far the most abundant cells in the blood. RBCs give blood its...
brought a patient in, and prepared them for transplant, it would be the middle of the night and almost 30 hours after the kidney was removed from the donor. It would be so easy to just decline. Some other surgeon looked at the kidney and decided it was no good. Shouldn’t I just tr...