Kidney failure requires dialysis or a kidney transplant. If the donor and the recipient of the organ are compatible, is there still a culture of organ donation? Do you have to die in order to donate a kidney? Would you be an organ donor, or are you already registered as one? If not, please explain your reasons.
Answer: Kidney transplantation provides life to the person suffering from kidney damage. A healthy person can donate kidney to the needy one. It doesn't requires to die to donate kidney. This is because human body has two kidneys and for a healthy, physically and mentally fit person can survive on one kidney. So, organ donation can be performed in that case. Being a healthy human, it should be our duty that we should get registered or ready to donate kidney to the patient suffering from life threatening situation due to kidney failure. This is because a health person doesn't requires both the kidneys, one can easily survive on one kidney.
Kidney failure requires dialysis or a kidney transplant. If the donor and the recipient of the...
Kidney failure requires dialysis or kidney transplant. Is there a culture of organ donation? Can a person be a living donor and donate one kidney? What would be the risks?
Kidney failure requires dialysis or kidney transplant. Is there a culture of organ donation? Can a person be a living donor and donate one kidney? What would be the risks? A vasectomy is a minor surgical procedure to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Even though it is a minor procedure, not many men elect to have it performed. Why is this surgery so little utilized?
1) What are some of the contraindications for refractive eye surgery? 2) Kidney failure requires dialysis or kidney transplant. Is there a culture of organ donation? Can a person be a living donor and donate one kidney? What would be the risks? 3) A vasectomy is a minor surgical procedure to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Even though it is a minor procedure, not many men elect to have it performed. Why is this surgery so little utilized?
1) A vasectomy is a minor surgical procedure to prevent unplanned pregnancies. Even though it is a minor procedure, not many men elect to have it performed. Why is this surgery so little utilized? 2) Kidney failure requires dialysis or kidney transplant. Is there a culture of organ donation? Can a person be a living donor and donate one kidney? What would be the risks?
Transfer of symptomatic peanut allergy to the recipient of a combined liver and kidney transplant Director of Grants and Research at (Hospital name), would like to acknowledge Dr. Christophe Legendre and his team of doctors for their work on identifying the causative agent of a symptomatic peanut allergy acquired by a 35-year-old male recipient of a combined liver-and-kidney transplant. Peanuts are one of the most common causes of food allergy in the United States and Europe. They are also a...
In the United States, organ procurement organizations (OPOs), transplant centres, and the medical professions coordinate the organ donation process. The US government pays for this treatment through its Medicare program. What price should the US government pay for these organs from the taxes it collects from all citizens? Often multiple organs are removed from a single donor, meaning that there are joint costs such as operating room time, surgeons’ fee, and medications to preserve the organs. The OPO insist all...
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Please post your thoughts about the ICU Organ Transplant Dilemma. Here's the dilemma once more: You are the lead physician in an ICU. There are four people in critical condition, and they all will likely die soon for different reasons unless you intervene. Three of them will die unless they each receive a certain organ. As with the first dilemma, one needs a heart, another a kidney, and another a liver. The fourth patient in critical condition will die from...
What is one possible reason for kidney failure? Why would someone die if kidney failure occurs? Humans have two kidneys, but they can survive with one. Given the crucial function of the kidney, would you ever consider donating one of your kidneys to someone else? What factors would go into your decision? Hypothetically, what impact would having only one kidney have on a person’s health?
John Doe, Patient One, is in late stage of kidney disease. If he does not receive a new kidney, then he is predicted to die within a week. Doe is 45, single, and has no children. Doctors theorize that Doe damaged his kidney by not following a low-salt diet. Doe inherited one million dollars and is known for giving money to charity. Without a transplant, he will probably be forced to spend all his money searching for a kidney outside...