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Blood Tests for Transplant

Antibodies can help protect you from illness, but they can also cause kidney transplant rejection. Learn about your options, cross-matching, and clini...

Kidney transplantation,

Living donor evaluation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Tests and Procedures

Urinalysis (urine test)

A urinalysis is a simple test that checks your urine for signs of health issues like infections, kidney problems, diabetes, and liver disease. It can ...

Tests and Procedures

Early Diagnosis of Kidney Disease: Incentivizing Comprehensive Testing

Quality measurement is a vital and dynamic tool used to evaluate and improve the performance of our healthcare system. Focus areas of evaluation inclu...

Tests and Procedures

Heart & Kidney Health: 3 Blood Tests to Ask For

Did you know that a simple blood draw can expose a great deal about your kidney and heart health? In honor of American Heart Month learn how these two...

Disease prevention,

Cardiovascular disease,

Diseases and conditions,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing,

Tests and Procedures

Three Simple Tests You Should Ask Your Doctor To Do

More than 37 million Americansone in seven adultshave kidney disease. Millions more are at increased risk for getting it, and most dont know it. Ki...

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Tests and Procedures

COVID-19 Fears Don’t End After Being Tested

By Fiona McKinney, Kidney Patient andKidney Advocacy CommitteeMember A few weeks ago, I was interviewed for an article about fears and concerns of ...

Acute kidney injury,

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Infectious diseases,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and Procedures

Tests to Check Your Kidney Health

Your healthcare provider will order tests every so often to check on your kidney health. The specific test(s) they order depends on any symptoms you m...

Tests and Procedures

Managing Routine Blood Tests During COVID-19

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

Infectious diseases,

Diseases and conditions,

Tests and Procedures

Know Your Kidney Numbers: Two Simple Tests

Know your kidney numbers with two tests: eGFR (blood test) checks kidney filtration, and uACR (urine test) checks for protein. Early detection is key.

Tests and Procedures

Top 5 Most Important Kidney Health Numbers

If you've gone for your annual physical recently, you're staring at a report that may as well have been written in a foreign language. Which numbers a...

Diagnostic, screening, and imaging tests,

Tests and Procedures