Kidney transplantation

In this article, Susanne Lundin talks about the trading and trafficking of organs, and explains why people would want to buy them or sell them. Moreover, to make us understand better the situation the author tells us how the Ethernet is an active tool for trading organs, how the trading and trafficking works, and from where this is all coming from. First, Lundin tell us how people are trading organs on websites. Some people announce their organs on sale via service exchange websites, explaining…

Every year between 700 and 800 adolescents ages 11 - 17 undergo a type of organ transplant.But before they must go through this surgery, they are the ones making the decision to go ahead with it.One example of this poor policy is Courtney Montgomery, who had been battling heart problems her whole life.She refused to undergo a heart transplant to save her life, as a result of past transplants which were temporally and didn’t remove the problem, she had given up hope.Believing she made the right…

to enter the bloodstream which can lead to kidney damage (Miller, n.d). • Creatine Kinase (CK) o Is an enzyme released by damaged muscle. CK is used to diagnose and follow muscle disease (Miller n.d). • Aspartate transaminase & alanine transaminase o Elevated levels of may be due to damaged muscles or overworking the muscles (Sjogren 2007). • Creatinine o A product of o A breakdown produce created by muscles. Normally removed from the body by the kidneys (Miller n.d). • Risk factors include:…

The kidneys create and process approximately a liter and a half of urine every day (Port, 2015, p. 599). Inside the kidney, there are more than a million cells that make urine called nephrons. Contained in each nephron is a glomerulus and the job of the glomerulus is to filter the blood. When the glomerulus are…

Each patient took a urine test and tests were run to see what colour the urine was, this determines how concentrated the urine is. If the urine is darker and has a smell then the urine is more concentrated. If the urine is a light colour and no smell that means it is not as concentrated. Additionally, the urine was tested to determine the pH, glucose, protein, ketone, yeast, blood, nitrite, bilirubin and urobilinogen. Glucose levels are tested in order to test for the plasma levels; if the…

treatment, a kidney transplant, is difficult to come by. Mostly because we cannot keep up with the demand for kidney transplants in this nation. There are many possible solutions on how to best increase the donor pool so that more people can receive their life saving transplants. One of the most effective solutions would be to start offering compensation to living organ donors. Paying donors for their kidneys will assure that more ESRD patients are receiving healthy transplanted kidneys in a…

Cystitis is the inflammation of the bladder; generally the inflammation is caused by a bacterial infection known as a urinary tract infection or a UTI. A bladder infection can cause many problems and can eventually spread to the kidneys causing severe pain depending on the severity of the bacterial infection. The most common bacteria that is responsible for cystitis is, Escherichia coli (E. coli). Pyelonephritis is an example, cystitis and pyelonephritis share many similarities the difference…

Kidney: Major Functions ✓ C-ontrols electrolyte and fluid balance ✓ R-egulates homeostasis of blood and acid-base balance ✓ R-egulates RBC production ✓ E-liminates end products of metabolism, ✓ S-ecretes renin, parathyroid hormones and Vitamin D [pic] The Kidney: Nephron • Functional unit of the kidney that produces urine by filtration Blood Supply of the Kidney • Renal artery- branch of the abdominal aorta • Renal vein- drains into the inferior…

The NOTA bill is thirty years old and since then the number of people who need an organ has only increased. With illnesses like diabetes also on the rise, the number one organ that is needed in these cases is the kidney since forty-four percent of those with diabetes have kidney failure (Statistics about diabetes, 2014). The justification of being able to sell organs is to give those who freely want to donate an opportunity to cover the costs of all that come with donation process. Giving more…

Defining the problem How We Know CAUTI is a Problem According to Kennedy et al., (2013) CAUTI’s are identified as one of the most common healthcare related infections. As a result of the high incidence of CAUTI’s, in 2008, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, stopped reimbursing hospitals for the costs of care for patients who develop a CAUTI during hospital stays (Kennedy et al., 2013). Unfortunately, there are approximately“One million catheter-associated urinary tract infections…