Transplantation News

PHILADELPHIA — Results from a large national survey presented here show Americans are receptive to the idea of xenotransplantation but concerned about transmitted pig viruses.

PHILADELPHIA — Geographic disparities and barriers to transplant access exist among patients with end-stage renal disease on dialysis, according to presented data.

PHILADELPHIA — Age and racial gaps exist when using telehealth for evaluating candidates for kidney transplant, according to data presented at the American Transplant Congress here.

Recent legislation approved by the White House to update federal aviation regulations includes developing best practices on transporting donor organs in the main cabin of a commercial airliner.

Receiving a kidney transplant from a deceased donor who had dialysis before donation may be tied to a higher rate of delayed graft function, according to a published study.

Editor’s note: Healio | Nephrology News & Issues interviewed John Friedewald, MD, and Roberto Hernandez-Alejandro, MD, about their roles as conference chairpersons and highlights of the agenda for the American Transplant Congress.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Megalocytic interstitial nephritis may trigger issues with coexisting renal transplant rejection, and providers should focus on immunosuppressive regimen and infection control, according to presented data.

To stay alive, Americans with kidney failure have made the common choice to be tethered to a machine three times a week in an outpatient dialysis clinic for several hours at a time.

In many ways, organ donation and transplantation in the United States has seen great success.

Transplant specialist Beatrice P. Concepcion, MD, sees use of normothermic regional perfusion as another tool in the physician’s bag to help secure a healthy organ for transplant. But sources said the technique is not without controversy.