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Kidney Transplant
Living Kidney Donation
Thinking About Being a Donor?
About the Kidneys
What is a Living Donor?
Who Can Donate
Types of Living Donation
Benefits and Risks of Living Donation
Types of Surgery
Effects on Life
Living with 1 Kidney
Life and Relationships
Cost
Testing
About Testing
Blood Pressure, Blood Typing, and Blood Tests
Tissue Typing and Crossmatch
Chest X-Ray, Renal Scan, CT Scan
Urine Tests and 24-Hour Urine Collection
Other Tests
Psychosocial Assessment
Precautions
Questions to Think About
Transplant Recipient Information
General Information
About Kidneys and Transplants
Benefits and Challenges
Living Donation
About Living Donation
Benefits of Living Donor Transplants
Information for Living Donors
Risks and Benefits of Becoming a Living Donor
Finding a Living Donor
Transplant Tourism
Next Steps
What if I'm a Recipient?
Kidney Paired Donation
Deceased Donation
Transplant Workup for Recipients
Transplant Waiting List
Transplant Surgery
Medications
After Your Transplant
Organ and Tissue Donation Registry
Glossary
Resources
References
Alberta Living Donor Resources
If you have questions about this information, or are interested in learning more about becoming a living kidney donor, please call:
Alberta Organ and Tissue Donation
Alberta Renal Services
Kidney Health Strategic Clinical Network (Alberta Health Services)
MyHealth.Alberta
BC Transplant
Canadian Blood Services
Can-SOLVE (Chronic Kidney Disease Network)
CANN-NET (Canadian Kidney Knowledge Translation and Generation Network)
Kidney Foundation of Canada
Transplant Manitoba
Trillium Gift of Life Network (Ontario)
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