Fact Sheets

Source: CCM

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Kidney Transplant
A kidney transplant is a procedure that replaces a patient's failed kidney with a healthy one. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
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Pediatric Kidney Transplant
Kidney transplant in children is a procedure that provides a donated kidney to a child with end-stage renal disease. Learn about this procedure.
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Liver Transplant
A liver transplant is a procedure that replaces a patient's failing liver with a healthy one. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
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Anesthesia for Organ Transplant
Organ transplants, including heart, liver, kidney and pancreas, require highly specialized anesthesiology skills.
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Pediatric Liver Transplants
Pediatric liver transplant is a procedure that provides a donated liver to a child with a life-threatening liver disease.
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Living Donor Organ Transplantation
In living organ donation, a living person donates an organ, which is then transplanted into someone who needs it. Learn more about this procedure.
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Heart Transplant
A lifesaving procedure for people who have end-stage heart failure or other severe heart conditions.
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Blood Transfusions
“Blood transfusion“ refers to the transfer of blood from one person to another. Learn more about this procedure.
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Diagnosing Kidney Disease
Yale Medicine has one of the country’s first renal (kidney) pathology labs and deep expertise in diagnosing the disease. Learn how this condition is diagnosed.
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Chronic Kidney Disease
A disease in which damage to the kidneys renders them unable to properly filter waste and toxins from the blood.