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Renal Transplantation
Renal Transplantation
By:
Wilson Y. Bautista, RN
History
Unrelated or biologically
unrelated:
ORGAN DONATION AND
PRESERVATION
LIVING DONOR
1. Information / explanation of process
2. Medical Assessment
3. Chest X-ray
4. EKG
5. Hematology, chemistries, serologies
and cultures
ORGAN DONATION AND
PRESERVATION
LIVING DONOR
6. Urine Studies to assess kidney function
7. Spiral CT scan or MRI/MRA to
document anatomy of kidneys,
ureter, bladder
LIVING DONOR PROCEDURES
1. Pretransplant cytotoxiccrossmatch
2. Surgical procedure