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Kidney Transplant

Summary

References

General

• American Association of Kidney Patients
• Glossary of transplant terms.
  From the University of Texas Medical Branch.
• Managing Medication Adverse Effects Post Kidney Transplant
• Missouri Kidney Program
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases-Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP)
• Terminology, diagrams, etc.
• US Renal Data System
  Data about end stage renal disease.
• Your Kidneys and How They Work
  Patient pamphlet from the NIDDK.

Cost

• Information about medicare.
• Assistance in obtaining prescription medicine for needy patients
  Needymeds.com. For patients.
• Assistance in obtaining prescription medicine for needy patients
  The Medicine Program.com. For patients.
• Applications for prescription medicine for needy patients
  For physicians.
• Guide to Affordable Medicine
  From Merck
• Partnership for Prescription Assistance

Dialysis

• The Dialysis Outcomes Quality Initiative clinical guidelines.

Post-Transplant

• Life Options Rehabilitation Resource Center
  Rehabilitation information for people with ESRD.

Pre-Transplant and Organ Donation

• Alliance for Paired Donation
• Donate Life America
• United Network for Organ Sharing
• Paired Donations Network
  If you wish to donate to an individual but the two of you are incompatible, you can pair with another incompatible donor/recipient pair and the kidneys are exchanged between the pairs.
• Transplant Living
• TransWeb: Transplantation and Donation