Kidney transplant candidates aged 65 years or older significantly improved their survival by receiving a standard rather than an expanded criteria donor kidney or continuing on dialysis, a Belgian study showed.
In a systematic review, nearly two-thirds of men with end-stage kidney disease reported some degree of erectile dysfunction prior to undergoing kidney transplantation.
At a median of 20 days after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine, 17% had antibody responses to the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
Moderate to severe hyperparathyroidism after kidney transplantation may have predisposed 2 cases to calciphylaxis, according to investigators.
Patients with kidney failure associated with sickle cell disease are less likely to receive a transplant despite similar reduction in mortality
Despite gains in deceased organ donation among racial/ethnic groups in the US, substantial racial differences remain
Study findings suggest that the ratio of interleukin-10 to tumor necrosis factor-alpha produced by transitional-1 B cells can predict renal allograft outcomes with a lead time of about 8 months.
A recent study examining trends in the discard of kidneys from deceased donors with hepatitis C virus (HCV) viremia showed equivalent use of kidneys from HCV aviremic seropositive and HCV aviremic seronegative donors in 2018 and 2019.
Four-year waitlist placement or transplantation for adults with ESKD unchanged across 5 eras from 1997-2000 to 2013-2016
The World Kidney Day Steering Committee has declared 2021 the year of “Living Well with Kidney Disease”.
