Transplantation

Renal Transplant Candidates Need Not Be Concerned About a Living Donor's Age

John Schieszer May 15, 2012

For most patients with end-stage renal disease patients (ESRD), the age of a living donor (ranging from 18-64 years) has an insignificant effect on the long-term health of a transplanted kidney, according to researchers in British Columbia, Canada.

Obesity a Barrier to Living Kidney Donation

Jody A. Charnow May 13, 2012

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Morbid obesity often is a barrier to living kidney donation, researchers reported at the National Kidney Foundation 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings.

PCa Patients on HD Would Benefit from Early Kidney Transplantation

Jody A. Charnow May 12, 2012

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Hemodialysis (HD) patients awaiting a kidney transplant must have a two-year cancer-free period immediately preceding transplantation.

Robotics May Enable Kidney Transplantation in the Obese

John Schieszer May 02, 2012

Robotic kidney transplantation shows promise for obese patients who would not otherwise be candidates for surgery.

Renal Transplant Failure Linked To Elevated Pre-Transplant iPTH

Rosemary Frei, MSc May 01, 2012

ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND—Renal transplant recipients who had elevated pre-transplant levels of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) are at increased risk of post-transplant hypercalcium and graft rejection, according to findings presented at the Canadian Society of Nephrology's 2012 annual meeting.

Managing Bone Disease in  Kidney Transplant Recipients

By Miklos Z. Molnar, MD, PhD, and Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh, MD, MPH, PhD May 01, 2012

Pre-existing renal osteodystrophy at the time of transplantation, reduced renal  function, and transplantation-specific therapies are the main contributing factors.

Complete Anemia Correction Better for Renal Transplant Patients

John Schieszer April 23, 2012

Completely correcting anemia in kidney transplant recipients may preserve kidney function better than partially correcting anemia.

SPK Transplants May Offer No Advantage for Type 2 Diabetes

Jody A. Charnow April 17, 2012

Simultaneous pancreas-kidney (SPK) transplantation offers no patient or survival advantage over deceased-donor kidney transplantation alone (DDKA) for selected patients with type 2 diabetes, new findings suggest.

Sirolimus Lowers NMSC Risk in Transplant Recipients

Jody A. Charnow April 12, 2012

Switching from a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) to sirolimus for immunosuppression may decrease the risk of nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) in kidney transplant recipients with a history of NMSC, according to researchers.

Fracture Risk Not Higher in Living Kidney Donors

Jody A. Charnow April 11, 2012

Living kidney donors are at not increased fracture risk, according to a Canadian study.

Bedside Assessment May Predict Delayed Renal Graft Function

John Schieszer April 10, 2012

A simple, 10-minute bedside assessment conducted prior to surgery appears to be an optimal method for predicting which kidney transplant patients will suffer delayed graft function.

Living Donor Chains May Ease Transplant Wait Times

John Schieszer April 04, 2012

Living donor chains are dramatically changing the landscape of kidney transplantation.

Long-Term Outcomes Similar for ECDs, SCDs

Rosemary Frei, MSc March 15, 2012

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC—Kidneys from standard criteria donors (SCDs) and expanded criteria donors (ECDs) are associated with similar rates of long-term patient survival and death-censored graft survival, a study has confirmed.

HIV Patients Have Similar Renal Transplant Outcomes

John Schieszer March 15, 2012

Evidence suggests that HIV-positive patients have the same favorable outcomes in terms of patient and allograft survival as non-HIV positive kidney transplant recipients.

Low Renal Function Increases ESRD Risk after Pancreas Transplantation

Rosemary Frei, MSc March 14, 2012

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC—End-stage renal disease (ESRD) eventually develops in more than half of patients with moderate kidney dysfunction at the time of pancreas transplantation, according to new findings presented at the Canadian Society of Transplantation's 2012 Annual Meeting.

I5NP for Prophylaxis of Delayed Graft Function in Kidney Transplantation

Everolimus Rescue Immunosuppression in the Treatment of Chronic Allograft Dysfunction in Renal Transplant Recipients

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