Kidney transplant - Gujarat Kidney and Superspecialty Hospital

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Kidney Transplantation
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Introduction

• Kidney transplant provides better long-term
  survival and improved quality of life compared
  to dialysis.
• Patient survival and transplant success has been
  progressively improving over the years.
• Kidney transplant is the treatment of choice for
  End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) in eligible
  patients.

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Reason Kidney Issues

• Cardiac And Pulmonary Insufficiency
• Concurrent Tobacco Use And Morbid Obesity
• Hepatic Diseases
• HIV

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Benefits of Kidney Transplantation

• Significantly reduced risk of mortality.
• Life expectancy can triple.
• Reduced risk of heart attack, stroke, heart
  failure.
• Reduced infection-related hospitalization.
• Improved quality of life.
• More likely to stay employed.

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Risks of Kidney Transplantation

• Acute rejection or failure (less with current
  meds).
• Anti-rejection medication effects
• Infection.
• Some malignancies, ex/skin cancer.
• Increased risk of diabetes, high blood pressure,
  high cholesterol.
• Graft loss over time.
• Overall in eligible candidates, the benefits far
  outweigh the risks.

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Understanding Early Transplant

• More benefit to early transplant once dialysis
  started.
• Improved graft survival if transplanted in first
  6 months on dialysis and improved patient
  survival if 1 year.
• Better long-term graft function the earlier
  transplant occurs.

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Understanding Preemptive Transplant (Transplant
Before Dialysis Started)

• Many Benefits Including
• Decreased Rejection Rates By 25.
• Improved Graft Survival Long-term.
• Improved Patient Survival.
• Less Delayed Graft Function.
• Decreased Overall Hospitalizations.

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Complications Kidney Transplant

• Transplant rejection.
• Infection And Sepsis.
• Post Transplant Lymph Proliferative Disorder.
• Electrolyte Imbalances.
• Intragenic Side Effects.

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Prognosis

• Kidney Transplantation Is A Life Extending
  Procedure. A Patient May Live Upto 15 Yrs Longer
  With A Kidney Transplant Than If Kept On A
  Dialysis.
• Patients Will Have More Energy, A Less Restricted
  Diet, And Fewer Complications With A Kidney
  Transplant.

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ujaratKidneyHospital/ twitter.com/GujaratKidney
91 9099883663
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We are Located at
Address Vadodara New India Mill Compound, Nr
Jetalpur Bridge, Jetalpur Road, Vadodara, Gujarat
390020 Email frontdesk_at_gujaratkidneyhospital.c
om Phone No 91-9687079991
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