Kidney donation
Becoming a Living Donor | National Kidney Foundation
You must be at least 18 years old. Some transplant centers require a donor to be 21 or even a little older. There are some medical conditions that could prevent ...
National Kidney Registry | Facilitating Living Kidney Donation
The National Kidney Registry helps people facing kidney failure by facilitating paired kidney exchange and making living kidney donation safer and easier.
What to consider before donating a kidney - American Kidney Fund
Living donation is a type of kidney transplant where a living person donates one of their two healthy kidneys to a person living with kidney disease.
Kidney Donation - Donate Life America
A kidney transplant is a surgical procedure to place a kidney from a living or deceased donor into a person whose kidneys no longer function properly.
How do I donate a kidney? - National Kidney Foundation
Learn everything you need to know about donating a kidney in this free, self-paced online program.
Kidney donation and transplant | American Kidney Fund
How can I be a living kidney donor? · Contact the transplant center where a transplant candidate is registered. · You will need to have an evaluation at the ...
Living-donor kidney transplant - Mayo Clinic
In a living-donor kidney transplant, one of the donor's healthy kidneys is surgically removed and placed into a recipient whose kidneys no longer function ...
Living Donation Facts and Resources from UNOS | Living Donor ...
The kidney is the most commonly transplanted organ from a living donor. One entire kidney is removed and transplanted. Living liver donation, where a segment of ...
Kidney Donation: Living Donor, Eligibility, Process & Risks
Kidney donations come from living or deceased donors. A surgeon removes one of your kidneys and transplants it to another person.
Living donor kidney transplant - NHS Blood and Transplant
This is when a living relative, friend or even a stranger donates a kidney to you. There are many advantages to receiving a kidney transplant from a living ...
Living Donors - The Gift of Life | Johns Hopkins Medicine
Uncontrolled high blood pressure in certain individuals; Diabetes; Cancer; Hepatitis; Organ diseases; Infectious diseases. Become a living donor. Kidney Donor ...
Living Donor Kidney Transplantation - SSM Health
Living donor kidney transplantation occurs when a healthy individual donates one of his or her kidneys to a person with end stage renal disease.
Donating your kidney - NHS Organ Donation
The UK Living Kidney Sharing Scheme. If you are not a suitable 'match' for someone you wish to donate to, it may be possible for you to join a sharing scheme ...
Kidney Paired Donation – KPD - Transplant - UNOS
The UNOS Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) Program is a kidney transplant option for candidates who have a healthy living donor who cannot donate a kidney to ...
Find Out if You're Qualified to Donate a Kidney
Ready to see if you're qualified to donate your kidney? Take the first step and complete a 5-minute introductory questionnaire.
Paired Kidney Donation & Transplant | Matching Kidney Donors
Paired donation creates a pathway for living kidney donors and their incompatible recipients to find matches with other pairs in the same situation.
Living Kidney Donor - The University of Kansas Health System
Our living kidney donor team is dedicated to guiding live kidney donors and recipients through the donation process. Call 913-588-1227 or visit us online to ...
Living Kidney Donation | What to Expect - IU Health
To be considered for living kidney donation, the first step is to complete and submit the required evaluation form below.
How to Become a Living Kidney Donor - Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Living donor kidney transplants allow recipients to enjoy a fuller, longer life that may not have been possible otherwise.
Living Organ Donation | organdonor.gov
You can donate a kidney, a piece of your liver, and certain other organs and tissues while alive. About 6500 living donation transplants ...