Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agoTIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.www.kidney.orgexternal-linkmessage-square85fedilinkarrow-up1504arrow-down13
arrow-up1501arrow-down1external-linkTIL When a person receives a kidney transplant they don’t take out the old kidneys, they just shove em to the side and leave em in there.www.kidney.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 30 days agomessage-square85fedilink
minus-squareNurse_Robot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up82·29 days agoIf I have any take-aways from nursing school, it’s that kidneys are fucking bullies. Your kidneys will demand blood even if it means starving your brain; kidneys above all else. Selfish bastards
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·29 days agoBefore dialysis, poor kidney perfusion meant immediate AKI and thus death, so I get it.
If I have any take-aways from nursing school, it’s that kidneys are fucking bullies. Your kidneys will demand blood even if it means starving your brain; kidneys above all else. Selfish bastards
Before dialysis, poor kidney perfusion meant immediate AKI and thus death, so I get it.