TRANSPLANT BASICS
A kidney transplant gives a patient this many kidneys from a donor.
What is one?
A kidney from someone who has died is called this type of donor.
What is a deceased donor?
Dialysis cannot fully remove these two things from the body.
What are waste and excess water?
PD uses this part of the body as a natural filter.
What is the peritoneum?
This is the most common treatment for kidney failure in the U.S.
What is hemodialysis?
Transplant is a treatment option, but it does NOT do this to kidney failure.
What is cure it?
A living donor who is not related to the patient is called this.
What is a living non‑related donor?
A well‑dialyzed patient should have enough energy to do this.
What is work, pursue hobbies, or enjoy life?
PD exchanges use sterile fluid called this.
What is dialysate?
The best vascular access option for HD.
What is an AV fistula?
Patients must pass both health and ______ tests before being approved for transplant.
What are psychological tests?
This index scores donated kidneys and predicts how long they may last.
What is the Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI)?
About half of Americans who start dialysis are between these ages.
What is 18 and 64?
This painful infection is one of the most common PD complications.
What is peritonitis?
Standard in‑center HD is usually done this many times per week.
What is three?
A transplant may last 5, 10, 20, or more years, or it may not do this at all.
What is work?
This score predicts how long a patient may live after receiving a kidney.
What is the Estimated Post‑Transplant Survival (EPTS) score?
Patients caring for children or elders may prefer this dialysis setting.
What is home dialysis?
CAPD requires patients to do exchanges at these times of day.
What are breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bedtime?
$400 – Nocturnal in‑center HD provides about this many hours of treatment per night.
What is 7–8 hours?
In 2022, this milestone was reached for the first time: more than this many Americans received kidney transplants.
What is 25,000?
This type of donation chain can involve dozens of people and starts with an altruistic donor.
What is a chained donation?
There are this many ways to do dialysis.
What is seven?
CCPD/APD uses this machine to perform exchanges at night.
What is a cycler?
Patients doing nocturnal home HD live as long as those receiving this type of transplant.
What is a deceased donor transplant?