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**Renal Transplant-Cadaver donor-805-05

*usually patients are admitted from their home.If the recipient patient is not living in Winnipeg and is receiving a cadaveric donor kidney they may be instructed to go to their nearest hospital and arrangements will be made to transport them to HSC.

*The living donor recipients are scheduled by the renal clinic.The clinic will forward this information the week prior to surgery with the names of both the donor and recipient,Living renal transplants are performed on Thursdays and the patients are admitted Wednesday afternoon.

*The living donor recipients are scheduled by the renal clinic.The clinic will forward this information the week prior to surgery with the names of both the donor and recipient.Living renal transplants are performed on Thursdays and the patients are admitted Wednesday afternoon.

*Usually these patients have a co-morbidity of chronic renal failure. These patients are treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.Occasionally the patient may receive a transplant before needing dialysis,in that case code chronic renal insufficiency mild or moderate depending on their creatinine.

*Once the patient has received a successful renal transplant and is discharged from the hospital,the next time they are admitted to hospital chronic renal failure will not be captured as a co-morbidity unless the transplanted kidney fails to function and dialysis is started again.

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 **Renal Transplant-Cadaver donor-805-05
 *usually patients are admitted from their home.If the recipient patient is not living in Winnipeg and is receiving a cadaveric donor kidney they may be instructed to go to their nearest hospital and arrangements will be made to transport them to HSC.
-*The living donor recipients are scheduled by the renal clinic.The clinic will forward this information the week prior to surgery with the names of both the donor and recipient,Living renal transplants are performed on Thursdays and the patients are admitted Wednesday afternoon.
+*The living donor recipients are scheduled by the renal clinic.The clinic will forward this information the week prior to surgery with the names of both the donor and recipient.Living renal transplants are performed on Thursdays and the patients are admitted Wednesday afternoon.
 *Usually these patients have a co-morbidity of chronic renal failure. These patients are treated with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis.Occasionally the patient may receive a transplant before needing dialysis,in that case code chronic renal insufficiency mild or moderate depending on their creatinine.
 *Once the patient has received a successful renal transplant and is discharged from the hospital,the next time they are admitted to hospital chronic renal failure will not be captured as a co-morbidity unless the transplanted kidney fails to function and dialysis is started again.