TORONTO—Women who become pregnant in the first or second year after kidney transplantation are placing themselves at a significant risk of graft loss, a study of data from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS) has confirmed.

TORONTO—Nearly one third of women with CKD are taking at least five medications, according to researchers.

TORONTO—Study results confirm the wisdom of an expert consensus that nephrologists should not overuse the diagnosis of chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN).

TORONTO—Dialysis centers that serve more than 62 patients and those with a late shift have higher proportions of patients receiving home dialysis, as do centers with greater percentages of younger patients and individuals who work full- or part-time, a study shows.

TORONTO—Twelve-month results of the Spare-the-Nephron study show that a regimen that spares calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) can improve renal allograft function and glomerular filtration rate (GFR).

TORONTO—Patients treated with antihypertensive agents experience slower declines in renal function, new data show.

TORONTO—Long-term data show that kidney donors have a lifespan and hypertension rate comparable to the general population.

DENVER—The presence of tumor cells at the end of a needle biopsy core obtained near the capsule is an independent indicator of a significantly elevated risk of extracapsular extension, according to data presented here at the annual meeting of the United States and Canada Academy of Pathology.

A RENAL tubule assist device (RAD) may help improve survival of patients with acute kidney injury(AKI), new data show.

A RENAL tubule assist device (RAD) may help improve survival of patients with acute kidney injury(AKI), new data show.