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
The Kidney Exchange Problem: How Hard Is It to Find a Donor - Cechlarova, Lacko - 2006Cechlarova K, Lacko V. The Kidney Exchange Problem: How Hard Is It to Find a Donor?[J]. Annals of Operations Research, 2012, 193(1): 255-271....
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...
As I was getting ready to perform a kidney transplant from a deceased donor on a recent Saturday afternoon, my phone rang. When I saw the ID for the organ allocation coordinator, I knew immediately what she would tell me: The other kidney from the same donor had been declined for transpla...
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...
A t the Amsterdam Forum on the Care of the Live Kidney Donor (1), there was animated discussion as to whether the living kidney donor was a “patient.” Those who argued yes based this, in effect, on the doctor-patient relationship— aft... Rudge,J Chris - 《Transplantation》 被引量...
Kidney problems —Things to look out for may include: decrease in your amount of urine blood in your urine swelling of your ankles loss of appetite Skin problems —Things to look out for may include: rash itching skin blistering or peeling ...
On average, kidney transplants may last for around 10-12 years. What is a kidney transplant? A kidney transplant refers to the surgical placement of a healthy kidney from a donor into your body when your kidneys are not functioning properly. Your kidneys are vital organs involved in ...
Hypertension is common among kidney transplant recipients and may result from traditional risk factors or transplant specific variables, which commonly include donor associated causes, immunosuppression, or transplant renal artery stenosis. Uncontrolled blood pressure in this patient population is associated wit...
But the short version is this. Right now, opting in to donate a kidney has some fear associated with it because you have to acknowledge you’re going to die, and you have to think about how your family is going to engage with that. If we just added one shift to the rule se...