Kidney

Transplants

Renae Crowley & Jason

Koterba
 Kidneys
• Bean-shaped

About the size

of your fist
• Located in the
middle of your
back, just
below the rib
cage
• Functions
Reprocessing
machines

• Processes about
200 quarts of
blood, and 2
quarts of waste
products and
extra water (per
day)

• Kidneys regulate
the body’s level
of sodium,
potassium, and
phosphorus.
 Kidney Transplant
Facts
• Approximately 12,000 
transplants per year in 
the United States.

• Estimated 47,000 
Americans wait per 
year for transplant.

• 3,000 American lives are 
lost while waiting.
• Average cost

More Facts...
of transplant
for the
recipient:
$116,000
Estimated
cost of
removing
donor’s
organ:
$226,000
• Success rate
of Kidney
 You Might Need A
Kidney If.....
• Easy bruising

• Fatigue

• Loss of appetite

• Pain in muscles, joints, chest

• Bone pain

• Itching
 You Might Need A
Kidney If.....
• Easy bruising

• Fatigue

• Loss of appetite

• Pain in muscles, joints, chest

• Bone pain

• Itching
 Donating a Kidney
• Potential Kidney Donors are
required to be in good
health.

• Must undergo thorough

medical evaluation.

• Your Kidney is tested and

checked against a list
administered by OPTC to find
a match.

• Donor could be living or

dead.
 Receiving a
Kidney
• You can NOT receive a
Kidney if you have
medical risks.

• All patients must go

through an evaluation.

• Surgical procedure can

take between 3-4 hours.
 Hospitals

• University of
Pennsylvania

• Jefferson
University

• Children’s
Hospital
 Anti-Rejection
Drugs

• LEA29Y
 LEA29Y

• A new type of drug called a co-

stimulatory blocker, which
prevents the immune system from
attacking the transplanted kidney,
in a more selective manner than
traditional anti-rejection drugs.
 Works Cited

❖ http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/Kudiseases/pubs/yourkidneys/#1

❖ http://www.emedicinehealth.com/kidney_transplant/page2_em.htm

❖ http://www.webmd.com

❖ http://www.askjeeves.com