BARCELONA—Most renal transplant patients in Denmark have inadequately low vitamin D levels, according to researchers who say routine supplementation may be required to mitigate the adverse clinical consequences.
Restless leg syndrome (RLS) is an independent predictor of mortality in kidney transplant patients, a study found.
Researchers have identified a gene signature that may enable clinicians to distinguish which renal transplant recipients could be eligible for a progressive decrease in their immunosuppressive medications and who needs to stay on their current dose.
Pre-existing coronary artery disease (CAD) decreases survival of patients following renal transplantation, study findings suggest.
Prolonged ACE inhibitor treatment can reverse left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in renal transplant recipients receiving cyclosporine-based immunosuppression, according to researchers.
SAN FRANCISCO—Leflunomide may be effective in stabilizing allograft function in renal transplant recipients who have BK virus nephropathy, data suggest.
Recipients of solid organ transplants have a higher rate of anal cancer, but not colorectal cancer, than the general population, according to an Austrian study.
Racial health care disparities are represented by measurable and significant differences in the incidence of certain diseases as well as their associated morbidity and mortality rates.
TORONTO—Fracture rates following kidney transplantation may be more prevalent than previously recognized, according to findings presented here at the 89th annual meeting of The Endocrine Society.
Survival after renal transplantation is significantly lower in allograft recipients with known coronary artery disease, data show.
