Kidney Transplant

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.

ORLANDO —Use of the 2021 Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration eGFR formula may lead to incorrect classification of Black living kidney donors as having CKD, according to data presented here.

The National Kidney Foundation Innovation Fund announced an investment in 34 Lives, a startup company that is developing a proprietary process to rehabilitate donated kidneys, according to a press release.

Weighing the potential benefits for two different kidney patient populations, a review board for the FDA voted 13-3 to approve use of the anemia drug daprodustat for patients with dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease.

Following the deemed consent legislation for organ donations passed in some providences of Canada, researchers explored public opinion and found a call for transparency and communication from the government.

Letermovir effectively prevented cytomegalovirus disease among kidney transplant patients with fewer side effects than valganciclovir, according to a study presented at IDWeek.

Patients who received a kidney-pancreas or heart transplant were more likely to be diagnosed with a bone and joint infection compared with other transplant recipients, according to a study in the American Journal of Transplantation.

Protein intake positively correlated with recovery of skeletal muscle mass in kidney transplant recipients, according to a study in Clinical Nutrition.

In The Netherlands, 56% of kidney transplant recipients reported employment, according to data published in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

The Alliance for Paired Kidney Donation has launched a pilot program that would allow kidney exchanges for transplantation between the United States and Italy.