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If You Need a Kidney
This part will cover issues that you may most want to
know about if you need a kidney. It has four sections:
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Questions and Answers about Living Kidney
Transplantation
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Talking about Kidney Disease
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Sample Conversations of What to Talk About
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What to Expect After the Talk
Questions and Answers about Living
Kidney Transplantation
This section has answers to questions you might have
about living kidney transplantation.
What are the steps I would go through if I received a
living kidney transplant?
You would go through these steps:
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Informed consent
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Blood tests
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Urine tests
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X-rays
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Heart tests
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Mental health assessment
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Meet your kidney doctor (nephrologist)
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Meet with transplant coordinator (person who
works with doctors and you to organize the
transplant process)
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