What is the average wait time for a kidney transplant?

Once you are added to the national organ transplant waiting list, you may receive an organ fairly quickly or you may wait many years. In general, the average time frame for waiting can be 3-5 years at most centers and even longer in some geographical regions of the country.

What blood types match for kidney transplants?

Understanding ABO blood type compatibility AB patients can get a kidney of any blood type. They are the universal recipient. A patients can get a kidney from someone with an O or A blood type. B patients can get a kidney from someone with an O or B blood type.

Where is the shortest wait time for a kidney transplant?

Region 6 (Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) has the shortest waiting list, and is not included in the 50 most active transplant center ranking for 2015.

How many hours does a kidney transplant take?

The operation takes about four hours. You’ll be sore at first, but you should be out of bed in a day or so, and home within a week. If the kidney came from a living donor, it should start to work very quickly. A kidney from a deceased donor can take longer to start working—two to four weeks or more.

Who can AB blood give to?

What are the major blood types?

If your blood type is:	You can give to:	You can receive from:
AB Positive	AB+ Only	All Blood Types
O Negative	All Blood Types	O-
A Negative	A-, A+, AB-, AB+	A-, O-
B Negative	B-, B+, AB-, AB+	B-, O-

Who can donate a kidney to AB+?

Recipients with blood type AB… can receive a kidney from blood types A, B, AB and O (AB is the universal recipient: recipients with AB blood are compatible with any other blood type)

How do they decide who gets a kidney transplant?

When deciding who gets an available kidney, UNOS considers things about the donor and the person who is getting a kidney (the recipient): The age of the recipient. Blood type of the donor and recipient. The size of the donor kidney compared to the body of the recipient.