Post-Tx Weight Changes May Increase Death Risk
Patient weight changes after renal transplantation may be a marker for poor survival, data suggest.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Graft Loss Risk Linked to Employment
Renal graft loss is less likely among transplant recipients who are employed full time when they get their kidneys and at one year postoperatively, according to researchers.
Renal Graft Survival Similar in Elderly, Younger Patients
Renal transplant recipients have similar death-censored graft survival regardless of age, according to researchers in Norway.
Health Access A Factor in Renal Care
Universal access to health care might help to overcome racial and ethnic barriers to treatment for kidney disease, according to two studies.
Endocarditis More Likely in Transplant Waiting List Patients
Bacterial endocarditis is more likely to develop among patients on a waiting list for a kidney transplant than among kidney transplant recipients, data show.
ECD Graft Survival Improves Markedly
The survival of expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys has improved markedly since 1996, according to a recent study published in Clinical Transplantation (2008; published online ahead of print).
Aortic Stiffness Linked to Donor Age
Transplantation of kidneys from older donors is followed by increased stiffening of the recipient’s aorta, which may help to explain the higher rates of CVD and death in patients receiving kidneys from expanded criteria donors, according to French researchers.
Some Patients May Receive Renal Transplants Needlessly
It may be reasonable to postpone renal transplantation in patients with certain types of renal failure because late recovery of kidney function might occur, according to British researchers.
The Perils of ‘Nephron-Wasting’ Surgery
The broad application of cross-sectional imaging has led to the incidental discovery of small renal masses (SRM) as the most common presentation for localized kidney cancer.
Post-Transplant Diarrhea Probed
Regimens containing tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil increase renal transplant recipients’ risk of noninfectious diarrhea by 37%, data suggest.
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