COVID-19 Positivity in Donors Not Linked to Worse 2-Year Kidney Graft Outcomes
Short-term outcomes appear acceptable for transplanting COVID-19-positive donor kidneys.
Short-term outcomes appear acceptable for transplanting COVID-19-positive donor kidneys.
A risk prediction model used 3 simple measures of graft function for better risk assessment after transplantation.
The kidney stone rate appears to have risen among kidney transplant recipients over the past 2 decades, according to investigators.
Monitoring and maintaining a higher tacrolimus trough level in the first month after transplantation is essential to avoid acute rejection, according to investigators.
Following their research using pigs and brain-dead deceased donors, investigators with Keck Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles are gearing up to transplant a bladder into a living patient for the first time in history.
Decision-support system improves diagnosis in adult and pediatric kidney transplant populations
The debate was highlighted at the American Urological Association’s 2023 Annual Scientific Meeting.
Patients’ perspectives on their quality of life after kidney transplantation are important considerations in patient-centered health care.
Diabetes is a common complication of kidney transplantation that may affect graft survival.
Patients receiving peritoneal dialysis rather than hemodialysis or both modalities have the lowest rate of ESA hyporesponse.