kidney

“I spend a lot of time with Rex, and I find that when you have kidney failure, you get tired quickly,” he says. “It's normal for eight-year-olds to be riding …

A kidney failure patient has been warned he will “die” if he doesn't find a new home soon. Diane Masterson, from Dublin, has end-stage renal disease and has been told …

Hundreds of organ donor families and transplant recipients gathered last week for the Irish Kidney Society's annual service of remembrance and appreciation. Frances Moynihan, Treasurer of Waterford Branch of the …

Ray encourages everyone to get involved, challenge their friends and family and spread the word about Organ Donation.

Last year, circulatory donation after death (DCD) accounted for 28% of deceased donor kidney transplants, the highest level ever recorded. According to the National Kidney Transplant Service (NKTS) 2023 Annual …

More than half of Northern Ireland's population chooses to become a donor and records their wishes by signing the NHS Organ Donor Register. A total of 1,053,541 people have registered …

Introduction Hypertension after renal transplantation is a common phenomenon with an estimated prevalence of 70–90% in adults and 58–89% in children (1–3). Long-standing hypertension has been associated with allograft dysfunction, …

In 2013, Karla was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, a kidney disease that can lead to loss of kidney function. Under the expert …

1 Introduction Kidney transplantation is among the most effective treatments for end-stage kidney diseases compared with conventional therapies. Kidney transplantation was first introduced in the 1950s (Meena et al., 2021), and …

Discussing Organ Donation Mr Omar Masood, Kidney Transplant Consultant.