Latest Transplantation News
Sun Defenses Up in Transplant Patients After Skin Cancer Study
Increased odds of using multiple sun protection measures among organ transplant recipients.
Post-Transplant Tx Reduces Wait for Kidney in Hep C+ Patients
Delaying treatment until after transplant doesn't adversely impact kidney allograft or survival.
Remaining Kidney Health Most Important Concern for Donors
Other concerns expressed by living donors include surgical, lifestyle, psychosocial impact of donation.
Proportion of Drug-Intoxicated Organ Donors on the Rise in US
No difference in survival between recipients of organs from drug-intoxicated donors, other donors.
Bladder Cancer, UTUC More Common in Kidney Transplant Recipients
A study found that bladder cancer and UTUC occurred in 122.22 and 113.97 per 100,000 persons per year, respectively, among kidney transplant recipients.
Liver-Kidney Recipients Have Donor-Specific Hypo-Responses
Unique characteristics ID'd in peripheral blood cells of simultaneous liver-kidney transplant recipients.
Organ Transplants Involving Overdose-Death Donors Increasing
The number of transplants in the United States involving organs from individuals who died from a drug overdose rose from 149 in 2000 to 3533 in 2016.
Many Providers Unaware of Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplants
Nurse managers, white providers more likely to be unaware of national racial disparity in waitlisting
Renal Allograft Failure Linked to Low Uromodulin Levels
Kidney transplant recipients in the highest tertile of serum uromodulin concentration had a 2-fold increased risk of allograft failure compared with those in the lowest tertile.
Large Drop Seen in Infection-Related Post-Transplant Deaths
Findings among adults undergoing kidney transplantation in Finland 1990 to 2010
Organ Donation Decision Not Linked to Family Grief
Families making decision not to donate relative's organs experience lower quality communication
Navigators Improve Kidney Transplant Waitlisting Process
However, the impact in waitlisting was only seen for disadvantaged after 500 days of follow-up.
Living Kidney Donation Among Men Declined
Incidence of donation stable in women but decreased among men; income tied to changes in donation
HCV Prophylaxis Could Expand Kidney Availability
In a small study, direct-acting prophylaxis against hepatitis C virus (HCV) appeared safe and well-tolerated in uninfected recipients of HCV+ kidneys.
Renal Replacement Therapy Trends in ADPKD Characterized
Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) due to autosomal polycystic kidney disease are more likely to receive a kidney transplant than those with ESRD from other causes, new study finds.
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