Who Is a Candidate for a Kidney Transplant? What the Evaluation Team Looks For
A candidate for kidney transplant is usually someone with advanced or end-stage kidney disease, typically an eGFR of about 20 or lower or already…
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Transplant Care
Articles on organ transplant care: evaluation, living donation, life after a transplant and long-term follow-up.
Living Donor Liver Transplantation Explained: Donor Compatibility, Surgery and Regrowth
A living donor liver transplant is surgery in which a healthy adult gives part of their liver to someone whose liver is failing. The…
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Living Donor or Waiting List: Which Kidney Transplant Path Fits Your Situation?
A living donor kidney usually offers a shorter wait, a scheduled operation and an organ that tends to start working immediately and function longer…
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Kidney Transplant Rejection and Infection: The Changes That Mean Calling Your Team Today
Kidney transplant rejection often causes no symptoms at first and is usually caught through routine blood tests showing a rising creatinine. When symptoms do…
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Kidney Transplant Evaluation Explained: Blood Tests, Tissue Typing, Imaging and Interviews
A kidney transplant evaluation is a series of blood tests, tissue typing, imaging studies and interviews that a transplant team uses to judge whether…
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Life After a Kidney Transplant: Diet, Exercise, Travel and the Habits That Protect the Graft
Life after a kidney transplant usually means taking anti-rejection medicines every day for as long as the kidney works, keeping regular clinic and blood-test…
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How a Kidney Transplant Is Performed: Where the New Kidney Goes and What Happens to the Old
A kidney transplant is performed under general anesthesia through an incision in the lower abdomen. The surgeon places the donated kidney in the pelvis,…
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Liver Transplant Evaluation: Heart, Lung, Kidney and Infection Checks Before Listing
A liver transplant evaluation is a structured series of heart, lung, kidney, infection, cancer-screening and psychosocial tests that a transplant team uses to decide…
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What Liver Transplant Recovery Looks Like: Intensive Care, the Transplant Unit and Months After
Liver transplant recovery usually begins with a few days in intensive care, followed by roughly one to two weeks on a transplant ward, then…
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