Transplantation News

Testing for coronary heart disease within 12 months before kidney transplantation did not correlate with a change in death or myocardial infarction within 30 days after the transplant, according to data published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The number of organs transplanted in 2022 set a new annual record at 42,887 transplants in the U.S., including more than 25,000 kidney transplants for the first time, according to a press release from the United Network of Organ Sharing.

Patients in Iran reported negative outcomes, such as financial burdens, and doubtful factors, like long wait times, as reasons for not switching from peritoneal dialysis to transplantation, according to data published in a study.

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network passed a policy to provide Black patients impacted by the eGFR race coefficient with the opportunity to modify their wait time for transplantation, according to a press release.

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York signed the New York State Living Donor Support Act to provide direct reimbursement up to $10,000 to living organ donors, according to an American Kidney Fund press release.

During motorcycle rallies, researchers noticed a 21% increase in organs donated per day and a 26% increase in daily transplant recipients compared with the days before and after these events.

Prolonged cold ischemia time may not be a good enough reason to discard a kidney donation, according to a study published in Kidney Medicine.

Patients with a kidney transplant who are younger than 65 years qualify for expanded immunosuppressive drug coverage starting Jan. 1, 2023.

In this video, Seth A. Waits, MD, assistant professor and surgical director of liver transplantation at University of Michigan Health, discusses the impact of left digit bias on older organ donation acceptance.

Increases in serum bicarbonate, even at a small level, correlated with reduced risk of graft loss, all-cause mortality, cardiovascular events and hospitalization, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.