Kidney Donor Workup

Testing:

Bloodwork-tissue typing for antigen match and crossmatch.  Blood type confirmation (A,B,O,AB).

Where:

Can be done at Johns Hopkins or at the local facility and Federal Expressed to Johns Hopkins.

Results:

10 days to 2 weeks.  A coordinator will call with your results. They are not given to the recipient.

Testing:  

24 hour urine collection, urinalysis and bloodwork stool for occult blood.

Where:

Can be done at Johns Hopkins or a local facility.

Results:

From JHH 3-5 days.  At an outside facility 2 weeks or longer.  The results need to be faxed or sent to our office.  Please call us with lab name and number so we can follow up on results.

We will need current Pap smear results on all female donors, current mammogram results on females age 40 and older and colonoscopy on all donors greater than 50 years old.

Appointment to see a transplant nephrologist, surgeon, psychologist, and coordinator. 

STEP 3

Testing:

3 dimensional abdominal CT scan, EKG, chest x-ray, additional blood work on individual basis as needed.

Where:

Johns Hopkins Hospital Out Patient Center.

Results:

1 week, further testing may be required by our team after seeing you.

One all testing is completed our transplant team will meet to clear the donor for surgery.  A date will then be scheduled when the recipient and donor are cleared and ready.

Pre-Operative visit - 2 weeks prior to surgery.

Testing:

Seen by Anesthesia, blood work-flow cytometric crossmatch if needed, urinalysis.

Where:

John Hopkins Hospital Out Patient Center. Ground floor, pre-op registration.

Results:

3-5 days.

Testing:

Blood work-Final crossmatch - within 7 days of surgery.

Where:

JHH or a local facility and federal expressed to JHH.

Surgery:

Report to Osler building 7th floor to same day surgery check in at scheduled time. The kidney is removed by laproscopic surgery unless contraindicated.

Recovery:

2 days in the hospital, 4-6 weeks or full recovery and return to work.