Kidney Transplantation

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	Your Kidneys and How They Work National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/yourkidneys/index.htm




2.	Kidneys and Urinary Tract Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/body_basics/kidneys_urinary.html

Children

1.	Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure in Children National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/childkidneydiseases/treatment_m...

Clinical Trials

1.	Folic Acid for Vascular Outcome Reduction in Trans National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/patient/favorit/favorit.htm




2.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Kidney Transplantation National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/search/intervention=kidney+transplantation&recrui...

Coping

1.	Travel Tips: A Guide for Kidney Patients National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=115

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Kidney Failure Glossary National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/glossary/index.htm




2.	Transplant Glossary United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/Community/glossary.aspx

Directories

1.	Member Directory United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.unos.org/members/search.asp




2.	Directory of Kidney and Urologic Diseases Organiza National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/kuorg/

Law and Policy

1.	Medicare Coverage of Kidney Dialysis and Kidney Tr Dept. of Health and Human Services http://www.medicare.gov/Publications/Pubs/pdf/esrdCoverage.pdf

National Institutes of Health

1.	Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Transplantat National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/transplant/index.htm

Newsletters/Print Publications

1.	Transplant Chronicles National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/recips/transaction/chronicles.cfm




2.	Renal Flash American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/renalflash.htm




3.	E-Kidney: Online Newsletter of the NKF National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/general/ekidney/index.cfm

Nutrition

1.	Nutrition and Transplantation National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=98

Organizations

1.	National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/




2.	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/




3.	National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/

Overviews

1.	Getting a New Kidney: Facts about Kidney Transplan American Society of Transplantation http://www.a-s-t.org/patient_education/english/kidneypre.pdf




2.	Kidney Transplant National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=86

Related Issues

1.	What Vaccinations Do You Need? National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=122




2.	Questions and Answers on Living Donation National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/recips/livingdonors/infoQA.cfm




3.	Living With One Kidney National Kidney Foundation http://www.kidney.org/atoz/atozItem.cfm?id=99




4.	Kidney Donation Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00201

Specific Conditions

1.	Repeated Transplant Rejection: Why Does It Happen? American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/RenalifeArt/2002/repeatedrejection.htm




2.	Should I Be Able To Feel My Transplant In My Abdom American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/RenalifeArt/2002/feeltransplant.htm




3.	Solitary Kidney National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/solitarykidney/index.htm




4.	Kidney Transplant Matching: What It Means American Association of Kidney Patients http://www.aakp.org/AAKP/RenalifeArt/2001/transplantmatching.htm

Statistics

1.	Fast Facts about Transplants Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients http://www.ustransplant.org/csr_0105/facts.php




2.	Organ Facts: Kidney United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/kidney.aspx




3.	Organ Facts: Kidney /Pancreas United Network for Organ Sharing http://www.transplantliving.org/OrganFacts/kidneypancreas.aspx