1. Life-sustaining treatmentsfor end-stage kidney disease (ESKD): Answer Dialysis and kidney transplant 2. Candidates for transplantation have: Answer advanced kidney disease have a reasonable life expectancy (over age of 18) are medically and surgically fit to undergo the procedure 3. Patients can be added to the waiting list once: Answer the GFR is less than 20 mL/min/1.73 m2. 4. Absolute contraindications to transplant include: Answer active cancer current infection active psychiatric illness active substance abuse nonadherence with dialysis or medical regimen 5. Types of donors: Answer living donors (related or unrelated to the patient) non-heart-beating donors (NHBDs) cadaveric donors 6. Kidneys are matched on the basis of: Answer tissue type similarity between the donor and the recipient 7. Organs from living donors have the highest rate of graft survival due to: - Answer healthier donors, shorter cold ischemia times, and less ischemia-reperfusion jury