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Kidney transplant - Gujarat Kidney and Superspecialty Hospital

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A kidney transplant is a surgical process that places a healthy kidney within the body of an individual with damaged kidneys. During a transplant, the surgeon places the new kidney in the lower abdomen and connects the vein and artery of the transplanted kidney to the patient’s vein and artery. Gujarat Kidney and Superspecialty Hospital hospital is dedicated to offering world class kidney transplant services to the patients so that they can be eased out of the condition or the disease that they are suffering from. A vast range of services are offered in the hospital which are explained in our presentation – PowerPoint PPT presentation

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Title: 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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Connect with us
www.gujaratkidneyhospital.com www.facebook.com/G
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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