Transplantation

Race-Free Creatinine Equation May Cut Disparity in Kidney Wait Time

Publish Date October 4, 2022

Racial disparities in preemptive wait time accrual may be reduced with use of the 2021 creatinine-based CKD-EPI equation

Mild Frailty Ups Death Risk in Kidney Transplant Recipients

Publish Date September 21, 2022

Investigators found differences in survival after kidney transplantation between patients with a frailty score of 1 vs 0.

Black Patients’ Odds of Kidney Transplant Referral May Have Improved

Publish Date September 19, 2022

The United Network for Organ Sharing updated on July 27 implement a policy change requiring transplant centers to race-neutral formulas to estimate glomerular filtration rate.

Kidney Transplant Recipients Have Insufficient Immunity During COVID-19 Illness

Publish Date September 16, 2022

Understanding immune signatures of kidney transplant recipients during and after COVID-19 infection may provide insight into management.

Drop Seen in Transplantation in 2020 With COVID-19 Pandemic

Publish Date September 8, 2022

Decrease noted in transplants and in waitlist registrations for transplants compared with those expected

Patient Preferences for Choices in Kidney Transplant Examined

Publish Date September 2, 2022

Average patient would accept kidney today with 6.5 years of expected graft survival to avoid two years of extra wait time for better kidney

Outcomes of Living, Unrelated Donor Kidney Transplants in Children Examined

Publish Date September 1, 2022

Graft survival comparable for living unrelated donor, living related donor kidney recipients

Kidney Allograft Survival Not Worse Despite Deceased-Donor HCV Infection

Publish Date August 25, 2022

New findings provide a rationale for reexamining the hepatitis C virus penalty assigned by the Kidney Donor Profile Index, which is used to indicate the quality of deceased-donor kidneys.

Vitamin D Supplementation May Reduce Tertiary Hyperparathyroidism in KTRs

Publish Date August 15, 2022

Coronary calcification developed with poorly controlled tertiary hyperparathyroidism and elevated iFGF23 levels after transplantation, the investigators reported.

Noninvasive Tests to Detect Kidney Transplant Rejection: The Search Continues

Publish Date August 12, 2022

Use of an assay that detects a novel urinary metabolite-based signature indicative of over-immunosuppression is among the innovative technologies being explored.