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Kidney Transplant - Articles
Kidney transplant ultasound - a portrait of my new kidney!
by
golightly
Posted
Mon 12 Jan 2009 3:19am
I had an ultrasound the other day to make sure everything was well in the world of Kasper after the stent removal.
And here is the world's first photo of ol' Kasper himself. The bean type thing at the top is the kidney but as my boyfriend pointed out it looks more like Mary holding Baby Jesus if you look at it side on...bizarre. Even more
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Kidney Transplant in a Bone Marrow Transplant Patient
by
Matt S.
Posted
Thu 22 May 2008 12:00am
is at the point where his GFR is <15 and he is starting to lose weight.
He undergoes a living related kidney transplant, from his sister--the same sister who was the bone marrow donor..., and therefore her B & T cells will not recognize the transplanted kidney as foreign. Pretty slick.
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Kidney Transplant In India Information Guide.
by
livertransplantindiaconsultant
Posted
Sun 29 Aug 2010 7:40am
Kidney Transplant
Complete Medical Guide to Organ donation, Organ Transplant, Multi-Organ Transplant,Kidney Transplant, Kidney Diseases, Dialysis, Kidney surgery, Kidney Stone,Liver Transplantation in India, Kidney Transplant in India.
This is new section "Kidney Transplant"for the patients,who are suffering from Kidney Disorders.I hope patients
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Tracy Jordan, er...Morgan Undergoes Kidney Transplant
by
netventures
Posted
Mon 20 Dec 2010 6:15pm
Tracy Morgan who plays basically his crazy self on 30 Rock, has just undergone a relatively quiet kidney transplant and is apparently recovering well. Which is good news... the slack in his absence.
As of press time it's unclear whether Dr. Spacemen performed the kidney transplant or caused it.
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Liver and Kidney Transplant In India Information Guide.
by
livertransplantindiaconsultant
Posted
Sun 29 Aug 2010 7:51am
Transplant, Liver Transplant,Kidney Transplant, Kidney Diseases, Dialysis, Kidney surgery, Kidney Stone, Liver Diseases, Cirrhosis,Liver Cirrhosis, Liver Cancer, Liver Failure, Hepatitis, Jaundice,Liver Transplantation, Jaundice, Liver Surgery in India,Liver transplant in India, Liver Operation in India, Liver Transplantation in India, Kidney
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Kidney transplant lingo
by
Matt S.
Posted
Fri 24 Jul 2009 12:00am
Continuing with the theme of yesterday's Kidney Transplant post, here are some commonly-used Kidney Transplant Lingo & Acronyms:
CRT/DDKT: CRT = cadaveric renal... to withdraw life support, the patient will experience cardiac arrest, and the donor kidneys are then harvested for use.
LRRT: living related renal transplant
LURT: living unrelated
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How Young is Too Young for Pediatric-to-Adult Kidney Transplants?
by
Matt S.
Posted
Sat 26 Sep 2009 12:00am
We all know that there is a drastic shortage of donor kidneys available: in the state of Massachusetts, for instance, the average time on the kidney transplant waiting... to increase the number of donor kidneys available is to accept kidneys from either the very old or the very young. With regards to the latter, pediatric kidneys--transplanted either
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‘Statins’ Linked To Improved Survival In Kidney Transplant Recipients
by
Ed H.
Posted
Sun 27 Jul 2008 11:09am
For patients receiving kidney transplants, treatment with cholesterol-lowering “statin” drugs may lead to longer survival.
“Statin therapy is well established... Oberbauer of the Medical University of Vienna, one of the study authors. “We showed that statin therapy was indeed associated with a lower risk of death in renal transplant recipients
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Natalie Cole Recovering from Kidney Transplant
by
Medical Quack
Posted
Fri 22 May 2009 6:25pm
kidneys were failing, recently she had been on dialysis. The big issue was to cure the Hepatitis C infection so the kidney transplant will be a success. BD
May 21, 2009 -- Singer Natalie Cole is "resting comfortably" at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after undergoing a kidney transplant operation on May 18, according to Cole's web site
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