Kidney Transplants

Kidney transplantation involves replacing a patient's failed kidney with one from a healthy donor.

Follow the links below to find out more about kidney transplantation.

Reviewed March 2009

17 Resources Found

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Title:	Renal transplantation - kidney transplant
Publisher:	Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:	Information on renal (kidney) transplantation, such as criteria for receiving a kidney transplant, what happens before, during and after a transplant procedure and common complications associated with a kidney transplant.
Date:	Nov 2009

Title:	Live Kidney Donation
Publisher:	Kidney Health Australia
Description:	Information about the live donation process
Date:	Nov 2009

Title:	Deciding about living organ and tissue donation
Publisher:	Kidney Health Australia
Description:	Read all about this new form of altruistic organ donation
Date:	Nov 2009

Title:	Kidney transplantation
Publisher:	Kidney Health Australia
Description:	Information on kidney transplantation - a treatment option
Date:	Nov 2009

Title:	Health care expenditure on chronic kidney disease in Australia 2004-05
Publisher:	Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Description:	Chronic kidney disease is a common and serious problem in Australia. Those with the most severe form, end-stage kidney disease, usually require dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive.
Date:	Sep 2009

Title:	Kidney and urinary fast facts
Publisher:	Kidney Health Australia
Description:	Latest facts and statistics regarding chronic kidney and urinary tract disease and treatment in Australia
Date:	Jun 2009

Title:	Kidney failure
Publisher:	Better Health Channel
Description:	Kidney disease can sometimes lead to kidney failure. If kidney disease is found early, medications and lifestyle changes can increase the life of your kidneys. However, if the kidneys fail completely, they don't often recover. People with kidney failure need dialysis or a transplant to stay alive.
Date:	Nov 2008

Title:	Antihypertensive treatment for kidney transplant recipients
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	In some patient groups, different blood pressure lowering drugs have differing relative beneficial and harmful effects in addition to their blood pressure lowering action. We investigated whether different classes of drugs might have different relative ...
Date:	Sep 2008

Title:	HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for kidney transplant recipients
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Kidney transplant recipients are at high risk of heart disease and dyslipidaemia further increases this risk. Statins have been shown to decrease cholesterol levels, cardiovascular events and mortality in the general population. The aim of this review w...
Date:	Nov 2007

Title:	Calcium channel blockers for preventing acute tubular necrosis in kidney transplant recipients
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Acute tubular necrosis (ATN) is the sudden death of tubular cells in the kidney. ATN can happen after a kidney transplant if the kidney does not receive enough oxygen. Calcium channel blockers stop calcium ions flowing into the muscle cells of the heart...
Date:	Aug 2007

Title:	Kidney failure treatment options: making the right choice
Publisher:	Multicultural Health Communication Service (NSW)
Description:	This booklet helps you to understand how each treatment works and to decide which treatment is most appropriate for you.
Date:	Jul 2007

Title:	Acute renal transplant dysfunction
Publisher:	Department of Health Western Australia
Description:	Diagnostic imaging algorithm for patients with acute renal transplant dysfunction following surgery.
Date:	May 2007

Title:	Steroid avoidance or withdrawal for kidney transplant recipients
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	More than 20,000 kidney transplant procedures are performed world-wide each year and transplantation is the treatment of choice for people with end-stage kidney disease. However, despite short-term results continuing to improve, long term results have o...
Date:	Feb 2007

Title:	Target of rapamycin inhibitors (TOR-I; sirolimus and everolimus) for primary immunosuppression in kidney transplant recipients
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Kidney transplantation is the treatment of choice for most patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Strategies to increase donor organ availability and to prolong the transplanted kidney's survival have become priorities in kidney transplantation. ...
Date:	Feb 2006

Title:	Interleukin 2 receptor antagonists for kidney transplant recipients
Publisher:	John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:	Acute rejection is a major problem in the early period following kidney transplantation. Immunosuppressive drugs are used to prevent this. IL2Ra, a new class antibody therapy, can be added to a patient's existing immunosuppression to further reduce the ...
Date:	Nov 2003

Title:	Systematic review of laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (Report June 1999 and Update & re-appraisal May 2000 and Second update & re-appraisal June 2003)
Publisher:	Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:	The intent of this review by ASERNIP-S was to systematically review the medical literature regarding live donor nephrectomy to determine whether this procedure is safe and effective.
Date:	Jun 2003

Title:	Consumer summary: Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy (Second update and re-appraisal)
Publisher:	Australian Safety and Efficacy Register of New Interventional Procedures - Surgical (ASERNIP-S)
Description:	The objective of this review was to systematically review the medical literature regarding live donor nephrectomy to determine whether this procedure is safe and effective. Includes 2nd document giving update and re-appraisal.
Date:	Jun 2003

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