Transplantation News

By eating roughly 6 oz of vegetables per day, adults who undergo renal transplantation can cut their chances of developing posttransplantation diabetes by more than half, according to findings published in Diabetes Care.

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network has launched the Kidney Accelerated Placement Project, which will implement recommendations from a National Kidney Foundation report in an effort to decrease the number of kidneys discarded, according to a press release.

A study done by researchers from the Netherlands has tied greater risk of allograft loss in kidney transplants with one protein found in deceased donor kidneys.

A study on deceased donor kidneys has identified hepatitis C viremia, the need for dialysis, hematopoietic cell transplant and exposure to antibiotics with a narrow gramnegative spectrum as the top risks for infection.

Patients with a kidney transplant who lose immunosuppressive drug coverage through Medicare before and after the scheduled 3 year end to eligibility show a much higher rate of graft failure than those who have continued coverage, a new study shows.

The Fresenius Medical Care Foundation is partnering with the NKF on its ‘Big Ask: The Big Give’ kidney transplantation and living donation education platform by providing funds for in-person training in 15 additional markets across the country.

Compared with living kidney donors aged 50 years or older without hypertension, those with hypertension had an elevated risk for ESKD, according to a recently published study.

Patients who maintained employment 6 months prior to initiating dialysis had a lower risk for death and a higher likelihood of receiving a kidney transplant than those who left their jobs, according to a new study. Likewise, not-for-profit dialysis centers offered patients the best chance of maintaining employment through their dialysis treatments.

BOSTON — Patients with HIV were less likely to be placed on the kidney transplant waitlist than patients without HIV, according to research presented at the American Transplant Congress. They also experienced longer wait-times from evaluation to listing.

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