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| ANTI-REJECTION DRUG INFORMATION |
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| Azathioprine ("Imuran") - Drug Info from The Drug Monitor. National Library of Medicine PubMED search results for azathioprine and kidney transplant Continually Updated! | |
| Corticosteroids ("Prednisone" and many others) - Drug Info from The MedMaster™ Patient Drug Information database. National Library of Medicine PubMED search results for corticosteroids and kidney transplant Continually Updated! Search results for prednisone Continually Updated! | |
| Cyclosporine ("Sandimmune" or "Neoral") - Drug Info from The Drug Monitor. National Library of Medicine PubMED search results for cyclosporine and kidney transplant Continually Updated! | |
| Daclizumab ("Zenapax®") - Drug Info from The Drug Monitor. National Library of Medicine PubMED search results for daclizumab and kidney transplant Continually Updated! | |
| Mycophenolate ("CellCept") - Drug Info from The Drug Monitor. National Library of Medicine PubMED search results for mycophenolate and kidney transplant Continually Updated! | |
| Sirolimus ("Rapamune®") - Drug Info from The Drug Monitor. National Library of Medicine PubMED search results for sirolimus and kidney transplant Continually Updated! | |
| Tacrolimus ("Prograf" or FK506) - Drug Info from The Drug Monitor. National Library of Medicine PubMED search results for tacrolimus and kidney transplant Continually Updated! | |
| WEB RESOURCES |
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| Latest Scientific Journal Articles on Kidney Transplantation | |
Checklist
Tools Now Available to Aid Member Compliance with New OPTN Living Donor
Policy - January 2013 |
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| The Gift that Heals: Stories of hope, renewal and transformation through organ and tissue donation - book by Reg Green | |
| Guidelines for Preventing Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Through Transplantation of Human Tissue and Organs from the CDC - May 20, 1994 | |
| Help Hope Live web site | |
| How the Transplant Waiting List Works - Article from the Renal Support Network - April 2011 | |
| Infectious Diseases Guidelines 2: What is new and how to use?+ video from the American Society of Transplantation - April 5, 2010 | |
| The Jewish Kidney & Transplant Support Center - Advice and support for kidney transplant and dialysis patients |
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| KidneyLink - created by maintained by the PKD Foundation | |
| Kidney/Pancreas Transplant Program from the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions | |
| Kidney Transplant web sites from Yahoo! | |
| Kidney Transplant Guide - step-by-step information and tools to help you and your family work with your doctor. | |
| Kidney Transplant Q&A from the ESRD Network 5 web site | |
| Kidtrans - list for parents of children who have had a transplant or are in need of one |
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| Medical Complications of Kidney Transplantation (Hardcover) by Claudio Ponticelli (Editor) - January 2008 | |
| Medicare Solutions - All you need to know about being an organ donor - powered by HealthPlanOne | |
| National Donor Memorial web site | |
| National Service Framework for Renal Services: Part One - Dialysis and transplantation - Department of Health web site | |
| The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) weekly updated Waiting Lists for transplants. | |
| OPTN / SRTR Annual Report: Transplant Data 1998-2011 - Annual report from the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. | |
| Pediatric Transplantation web site | |
| Pregnancy After Transplant from the Transplant Living web site | |
| Influenza and Transplant Recipients: Ways To Prevent And Treat+ - Conversations in Transplantation from the American Society of Transplantation - November 2010 | |
| Presumed Consent Foundation web site | |
| Q&A on Living Donation from the NKF web site | |
| Questions About Kidney Transplantation from TransWeb.org web site | |
| Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients web site | |
| The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) web site. Center and OPO Specific Reports | |
| Top 10 Myths About Donation & Transplantation from TransWeb.org web site | |
| Transplantation and Organ and Tissue Donors and Transplant Recipients from the NKF web site. | |
| TransplantLiving - the patient's connection to the transplant community from UNOS | |
| Update: Investigations of West Nile Virus Infections in Recipients of Organ Transplantation and Blood Transfusion - from MMWR - September 20, 2002 | |
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| Who is Eligible for Medicare? from the The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare Information |
| ESSENTIALS AND CLASSICS |
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| Transplant Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice - a book by ANA and the International Transplant Nurses Association | |
| Transplantation Fact Sheet (pdf) from the American Nephrology Nurses’ Association | |
| Chronic Kidney Disease: What Every Nurse Should Know - Module 6: Chronic Kidney Disease - The Post Transplant Patient - from the American Nephrology Nurses Association web site | |
| European Best Practice Guideline for Transplantation Part 1 and European Best Practice Guideline for Transplantation Part 2 - guidelines endorsed by the European Renal Association-European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA) | |
| Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Kidney Transplantation from the National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) | |
| End-Stage Renal Disease: Choosing a Treatment That's Right for You: Transplantation from the National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse (NKUDIC) | |
| Here is an informative website for those considering kidney transplantation, "A Patient's Guide to Kidney Transplant Surgery" from the University of Southern California Kidney Transplant Program. | |
| HLA Matching from the University of Michigan Medical Center. |
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| KDIGO™ - Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes |
| Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) web site
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| PUBMED SEARCHES |
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| kidney transplant Continually Updated! | |
| organ donor and kidney Continually Updated! | |
| renal transplant and HLA matching Continually Updated! | |
| kidney transplant and complications Continually Updated! | |
| kidney transplant and rejection Continually Updated! |
| LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY |
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| Live Doner Laparoscopic Nephrectomy For Kidney Transplantation - article from the University of Southern California Kidney Transplant Program. | |
| Here is a listing of articles on the laparoscopic nephrectomy procedure from the latest scientific journals (PubMed search). |
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| NON-DIRECTED DONATION AND "SWAPS" |
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| STATISTICS |
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| U.S. Facts About Kidney Transplantation from the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) web site | |
| 2011 OPTN / SRTR Annual Report: Transplant Data 1998-2011 - Annual report from the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network and the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients. | |
| Transplant Statistics: Center-Specific Reports from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) web site |
| UPCOMING EVENTS |
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| Listing of North American Transplant Coordinators Organization (NATCO) Meetings | |
| TRANSPLANT CENTERS |
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| US Transplant Centers - from the OPTN web site | |
| Transplant Statistics: Center-Specific Reports from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) web site |
| XENOTRANSPLANTATION, BIOTECH, AND STEM CELL RESEARCH |
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| FDA Guidance for Industry on Xenotransplantation from the U.S. Food & Drug Administration | |
| These two web sites provide opposing viewpoints on xenotransplantation. Here is the the International Xenotransplantation Association. Here is the web site of the Campaign for Responsible Transplantation, a group that opposes xenotransplantation. | |
| U.S. Public Health Service Guideline on Infectious Disease Issues in Xenotransplantation from the Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) - August 24, 2001 | |
| Stem Cells: A Primer - from the National Institutes of Health, September 2002 | |
| Stem Cell Research - Full coverage page from Yahoo | |
| Beyond Transplants: Growing Organs in the Lab from Popular Mechanics |
| DISCUSSION FORUM |
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| General Nursing Discussion Forum - RenalWEB Discussion Forum |
| INPUT / SUGGESTIONS |
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| E-mail to RenalWEB on the Transplantation Topic |

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