Nephrology News

BOSTON — Although only younger donor age was found to be significantly associated with improved survival, research presented here showed patients who received combined heart-kidney transplants had better overall survival and rejection-free graft outcomes at 1 year, 5 years and 10 years post-transplant compared with patients who had heart transplants alone.

The rate and speed of fluid removal during dialysis for patients with AKI can influence the risk of mortality, according to a study published by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers.

Results from a study that examined the value of medical ID bracelets among patients with chronic kidney disease showed the devices did not reduce safety events but helped reduce progression toward kidney failure.

BOSTON— Results from a study presented here confirmed the association between the gut microbiome and the development of viral infections from stem cell transplant recipients to solid organ graft recipients and reinforced the need to monitor the risk of infection closely.

BOSTON — Kidneys from donors aged 70 years or older were effective in transplantation and should be considered for the procedure, according to results of a poster presented at the American Transplant Congress.

BOSTON — For deceased donor transplants, AKI in the donor did not have any negative impact on eGFR in the recipient at 1 year, according to a poster presented at the American Transplant Congress.

BOSTON — In the past 3 decades, survival rates of both allograft and patients following kidney transplant have improved, according to a speaker at the American Transplant Congress.

Hospitalized patients with chronic kidney disease often received peripherally inserted central catheters, or PICCs, despite clinical guidelines that recommend against placing PICCs in those patients, according to a study recently published in Annals of Internal Medicine.

BOSTON — Kidney transplant recipients with a failing graft had an increased risk for both mortality and morbidity compared to patients who had a similar degree of kidney dysfunction but no transplant, according to a speaker at the American Transplant Congress.

BOSTON — Due to a variety of social determinants — including age, race and socioeconomic status — women have less access to kidney transplantation than men, according to a speaker at the American Transplant Congress.