Early Transfusion May Not Worsen Kidney Graft Outcomes in Selected Cases
Perioperative transfusion of blood products was not associated with worse clinical outcomes or allosensitization in a study of selected kidney transplant recipients.
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Virtual Kidney Transplant Evaluation Possible
Telehealth platform enabled maintenance of wait-list evaluation volume in large kidney transplant program during COVID-19 pandemic
Race-Based Equation May Delay Kidney Transplant Eligibility for Black Patients
Removing the race coefficient from the CKD-EPI equation could avert a potential systematic delay in kidney transplant eligibility of a median 1.9 years for Black patients, according to investigators.
Kidney Transplant Outcomes Similar With Hep C+ Donors
At one year after transplant, kidney allograft function, rejection rates similar regardless of donor hepatitis C status
Donor Kidney Biopsies Do Not Aid Transplant Outcome Prediction
Adding donor histology did not significantly improve prediction of long-term allograft failure in recipients at French, Belgian centers
HCV-Positive Donor Kidneys Found Not to Worsen Transplant Outcomes
Transplantation of kidneys from donors infected with hepatitis C virus into uninfected recipients does not increase rates of delayed graft function and probability of rejection, a study found.
Prostate Cancer: Overdiagnosis in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients
Overall incidence of prostate cancer decreased between 2003 and 2017.
Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation Start Downstream of Referral
Although previous studies have observed that Black patients are less likely to receive kidney transplants than White patients, the points of inequity in the transplant process were unclear.
Removal Plus Transplant Surgery Feasible in Polycystic Kidney Disease
Simultaneous bilateral laparoscopic nephrectomy can be done at the time of living donor kidney transplant
Prophylactic Regimen Probed as Strategy to Transplant HCV-Infected Kidneys
Among respondents to a 2019 survey of US transplant program staff, 42% reported that they do not accept HCV-viremic kidneys for uninfected transplant candidates.
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