Transplantation News

Patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease or recipients of kidney transplants are at increased risk for cancer, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease.

Patients with pulmonary hypertension who underwent kidney transplantation had similar posttransplant outcomes at 5 years compared with those without pretransplant pulmonary hypertension, researchers reported in Pulmonary Circulation.

BOSTON — The Northwestern Medicine African American Transplant Access Program has promoted and increased opportunities to transplantation in Black communities in Chicago, according to a speaker here.

BOSTON — Transplant programs erect several bureaucratic roadblocks that can stall efforts by patients to obtain a kidney transplant, a speaker said at the National Kidney Foundation Spring Clinical Meetings.

Simulations revealed that using deceased donor kidneys in transplant chains could increase the number of transplants by 290 a year, according to data published in the Kidney International Reports.

Among patients with chronic kidney disease, nearly half experience insomnia and poor sleep, but kidney transplantation treatment may help, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Successful transition from chronic kidney disease to either home dialysis or transplantation requires a thorough evaluation of a patient’s psychosocial and economic status, speakers said at the Southwest Nephrology Conference.

Older adults are less likely to report depressive symptoms compared with younger adults at evaluations for kidney transplants, according to data published in Kidney International Reports.

Malnutrition is associated with poor kidney function, increased risk of kidney function decline and chronic kidney disease among older adults without advanced kidney disease, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.

Researchers report it is feasible to recruit and retain acute kidney transplant recipients in trials examining prebiotics on infections and gastrointestinal symptoms, according to data published in the Journal of Renal Nutrition.