Inflammation of the glomeruli, which is one of the causes of kidney failure. A form of dialysis in which the blood is cleaned outside the body in a dialysis or kidney machine. It contains a filter called a dialyser or artificial kidney. Each dialysis session lasts for three to five hours, three times a week. A donor whose heart is still beating after brain death has occurred.
Most cadaveric transplants come from heart-beating donors.
Drugs used to prevent the rejection of a transplant kidney. A special x-ray of the kidneys using a dye to show up the drainage system. The dye is injected into the arm, travels in the blood to the kidneys and is passed out of the body in the urine. The two bean-shaped organs where urine is made. They are located at the back of the body, below the ribs.