Nova Scotia Health. Multi-Organ Transplant Program.
Halifax, NS:
Nova Scotia Health Authority
, 2022.
- Pamphlet Number
- 0196
- Available Online
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Having a kidney transplant is a treatment for kidney failure. Kidney failure is also known as Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD). A healthy kidney from one person (the donor) is placed (transplanted) into another person (the recipient). Treatment is usually very successful. This pamphlet explains what to expect when you have a kidney transplant. Topics include getting on the kidney transplant wait list, what to do while you wait for a kidney transplant, what to expect when you get called for a kidney…