Kidney Transplant WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Kidney Transplant
A kidney transplant is a surgical operation used for a person with end-stage renal disease. Kidney transplantation is the replacement of a nonworking kidney with a healthy kidney from a donor with a compatible blood type, often a relative or friend.
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Latest Headlines on Kidney Transplant
What is Kidney Transplant?
- MedlinePlus: Kidney Transplantation
- Mayo Clinic: Kidney Transplant: When Your Kidneys Fail
- Oregon Health & Sciences University: What is a Kidney Transplant?
- UK Healthcare: What is a Kidney Transplant?
- A.D.A.M. (via The New York Times): Kidney Transplant
What Are The Reasons for Kidney Transplant?
- MedlinePlus: Why the Procedure is Performed
- Aurora Health Care: Reasons for Procedure
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital: Common Reasons Why People Need a Kidney Transplant
- The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: Reasons for Kidney Transplants
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center: Reasons for Procedure
What Are The Risks, Indications and Precautions for Kidney Transplant?
- Mayo Clinic: Kidney Transplant: Does it Increase My Cancer Risk?
- Healthwise (via University Health Systems of East Carolina): Kidney Transplant Risks
- University of Maryland Medical Center: Indications for Kidney Transplantation
- Wikipedia: Indication for Kidney Transplantation
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center: Precautions of Kidney Transplant
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Infection Precautions
- St. Joseph Hospital: Kidney Transplant Postoperative Period
What are the Alternatives to Kidney Transplant?
- Wikipedia: Dialysis
- Columbia University Medical Center, Department of Surgery: Kidney (Renal) Transplants
- University of Southern California Department of Surgery: Live Donor Laparoscopic Transplant | Bloodless Kidney Transplant | Conventional Live Donor Kidney Donation | Kidney-Pancreas Transplant
Wisdom, Blogs and Message Boards about Kidney Transplant
- ABC News: Indian Gang Accused of Stealing Human Kidneys
- Medical News Today: Patients Who Have Had a Kidney Transplant Face Higher Melanoma Risk
- TWC Blog: Kidney Transplant - The Saga Ends
- Duni's Kidney Transplant Blog: Kidney Transplant
- Living Donors Online: Kidney Transplant Message Board
Clinical Trials for Kidney Transplant
- ClinicalTrials.gov: Clinical Trials for Kidney Transplant
- CenterWatch: Clinical Trials for Kidney Transplant
Controversy and Lawsuits about Kidney Transplant
- Journal of Young Investigators: Facing the Facts: A Look at the Face Transplant Controversy
- Marylins Transplant Page: Activists Defend Private Deals to Match Organ Donor, Recipient
- PBS.org: Organ Transplant Controversy
- Free Advice: Kaiser Permanente’s Kidney Transplant Program: Kaiser Mismanagement Under Investigation
- Online Lawyer Source: Lawsuits Filed Against Kaiser
Scientific and Medical Journal Articles on Kidney Transplant
- PubMed Central: Medical Journal Articles on Kidney Transplant
- Jama: Medical Journal Articles on Kidney Transplant
- Google Scholar: Medical Articles on Kidney Transplant
Foundations and Support Groups on Kidney Transplant
- National Kidney Registry: Facilitating Living Donor Transplants
- International Transplant Foundation: Coordinating Live Kidney Transplantation
- National Kidney Foundation: Kidney Transplant
- Georgia Transplant Foundation: The National Transplant Community
- The Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation: Waiting for a Kidney Transplant
- DailyStrength: Kidney Transplant
- CarePages: Share Your Story, Photos, Emotions
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- Contributor: Kathy
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Nov. 12, 2009
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- Contributor: Kathy
- Reviewer: Tara Salamone
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: KidneyTransplant, Kidny Transplant
- Last update: Nov. 1, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
