Nomogram Developed to Predict Ureteral Stone Passage
Likelihood of stone passage in patients on medical expulsive therapy is based on variables such as stone size and location and white blood cell count.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Post-Transplant Infections, Cancer Do Not Up Mortality
Opportunistic viral and fungal infections or malignancies develop in 34% of kidney transplant recipients, but these complications do not affect patient or graft survival.
Opioid Use Linked to Worse Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Patients
Highest level of opioid use in the year prior to transplantation was associated with a 45% and 28% increased risk of death and graft loss, respectively.
Diabetes Increases Post-Transplant Mortality Risk
In a study, diabetes in both the donor and recipient was associated with triple the risk of death at 5 years post-transplant compared with the absence of diabetes in both the donor and recipient.
Antibiotic Combo Found to Reduce Post-Transplant UTI Rate
Post-transplant UTI rates were lower when cephalexin was added to SMX-TMP than when SMX-TMP was used alone (7.5% vs 25.8%), study finds.
Accepting High-Risk Kidneys Is Better Than Waiting
High-KDPI kidneys can improve the likelihood of a functioning graft compared with waiting for a superior kidney.
Stenting May Improve Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis Outcomes
Angioplasty plus stenting is associated with less residual stenosis and a lower restenosis rate compared with angioplasty alone.
Kidney Donor-Recipient CMV Matching Is a Promising Strategy
Researchers report that matching deceased kidney donors and kidney recipients by cytomegalovirus serostatus optimizes high- and low-risk profiles.
Living Kidney Donor Graft Survival Improving
Five-year graft survival rates among recipients of kidneys from living donors increased from 76.6% in 1985-1894 to 85.4% in 2009-2015.
Obesity Ups Diabetes Risk Among Living Kidney Donors
The adjusted 5-year risk of insulin use following donation is 5 times higher among obese vs normal weight donors.
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