From 1999 to 2018, the proportion of living kidney donors classified as overweight or mildly obese increased, while the proportion of those considered moderately or morbidly obese has decreased, a study found.
Overall, 90.2 percent of the events that took place two or more years after donation were nonsurgical
Whites have advantage in transplant probability in calculated plasma reactive antibody categories 80 percent or higher
Five groups of patients with distinct features and outcomes identified using machine learning approach
If direct measurements of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) cannot be obtained, the CKD-EPI and FAS equations should be preferred to estimate GFR, investigators concluded.
Dialysis patients were more likely to die from pre-existing cancers and transplant recipients from de novo cancers.
By 4 years after transplantation, cognitive scores were 5.8 points lower for frail vs nonfrail transplant recipients.
Increased-risk donors significantly more likely to have positive HBV, HCV screening results
In a nationwide study, renal transplant recipients with lupus nephritis had a 70% lower risk for all-cause mortality than nonrecipients.
Whole-exome sequencing-related molecular genetic diagnosis can have implications for clinical care
