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The Kidney Transplant Waitlist and High KDPI Kidneys

When a deceased donor kidney becomes available, it is scored by the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI). The lower the score, the longer the kidney is p...

Informed decision-making,

Deceased donation,

Organ donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Prevention, daily life, and wellbeing

Championing Kidney Policy In States Across the Country

This information will help you learn more about kidney health.

COVID-19 vaccination,

Policy and legislation,

Organ donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Tests and Procedures

A Woman Waiting for a Kidney Shares Her Story and Helps Others in the Process

When Anne Bina found out that her kidneys were failing three decades after a childhood strep infection had weakened them, her first instinct was to ke...

Kidney failure,

Patient advocacy,

Healthcare system navigation and patient advocacy,

Kidney diseases and conditions,

Organ donation,

Diseases and conditions,

Health systems, social systems, and environmental factors,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation

A Kidney with a Purpose

Until he was diagnosed with kidney disease, Robert Muller did not know much about dialysis or kidney transplants. In 1974, he had ...

Low-protein diet,

Diet and meal planning,

Organ donation,

Transplant recipients ,

Diet and nutrition,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Pediatric Transplant: Giving Kids a Second Chance

http://www.kidney.org/livingdonationPriya Verghese is Professor of Nephrology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a pediat...

Children and adolescents,

Kidney transplantation,

Organ donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,

Religion and Organ Donation

While there are variations in specific views, it is clear that most major religions of the world do in fact permit, allow and support transplantation ...

Organ donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation

Is Kidney Donation Safe?

Giving a kidney to someone who needs a transplant is a very generous thing to do. But can it lead to kidney problems in the donor? Most people do not ...

Living donation,

Organ donation,

Organ and tissue transplantation and donation,