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2. Sisters used Craigslist to find a kidney donor for ... - AOL

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   April 6, 2023 at 11:03 AM. From left: Sisters Heather Flood, Jennifer Flood and Cynthia Flood found their father an organ donor using Craigslist, and now they've created a foundation to help ...

3. National Kidney Registry - Wikipedia

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   Website. kidneyregistry .org. The National Kidney Registry ( NKR) is a national registry in the United States listing kidney donors and recipients in need of a kidney transplant. NKR facilitates over 450 "Kidney Paired Donation" (KPD) or "Paired Exchange" transplants annually. [ 1][ 2] More than one-third of potential living kidney donors who ...

4. Kidney transplantation - Wikipedia

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   Kidney transplantation. Kidney transplant or renal transplant is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage kidney disease (ESRD). Kidney transplant is typically classified as deceased-donor (formerly known as cadaveric) or living-donor transplantation depending on the source of the donor organ.

5. National Kidney Foundation - Wikipedia

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   National Kidney Foundation. The National Kidney Foundation, Inc. ( NKF) is a voluntary nonprofit health organization in the United States, headquartered in New York City, with over 30 local offices across the country. Its mission is to prevent kidney and urinary tract diseases, improve the health and well-being of individuals and families ...

6. Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away ...

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   The U.S. organ transplantation system rates donor kidneys using the kidney donor profile index, an algorithm that includes 10 factors, including the donor’s age, height, ...

7. Family turns to social media to find kidney donor - AOL

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   SEDALIA, Mo. —A Missouri family is using an unusual technique to try to find a kidney donor. Kevin Heuerman, a Sedalia husband and father, has polycystic kidney disease. He said his biggest ...

8. Kidney paired donation - Wikipedia

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   Kidney paired donation. Kidney paired donation ( KPD ), or paired exchange, is an approach to living donor kidney transplantation where patients with incompatible donors swap kidneys to receive a compatible kidney. KPD is used in situations where a potential donor is incompatible.

9. Woman’s life transformed after living kidney donation by ...

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   December 12, 2022 at 9:32 AM. A woman who suffered acute kidney failure has been given a new lease of life after a living donation made possible by her mother and a stranger. Seyda Oates, from ...