Kidney Transplant

A thematic analysis of health records revealed the current system for kidney transplant evaluation is “rigid and demanding,” leading researchers to conclude work must be done to individualize the process and make it more collaborative.

For kidney transplant recipients hospitalized with COVID-19, neither reducing nor withdrawing immunosuppression therapy led to allograft rejection or the development of donor-specific antibodies.

The association of donor-recipient size mismatch on long-term graft survival is influenced greatly by recipient and donor age, according to findings from a recently published study.

In its proposed spending plan for 2020 released on February 10, the Trump administration includes a proposal to extend Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive drugs for kidney transplant patients.

PHOENIX — Defining health equity as “the elimination of avoidable disparities in health outcomes among socially disadvantaged groups,” Darren Stewart, MD, a research scientist at the United Network for Organ Sharing, outlined how the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network goes about monitoring the transplantation process and also named the four factors most strongly associated with disparities in access to kidney transplant.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Improving the transplant rate and ensuring patients are presented all options for kidney care are high priorities for Advancing American Kidney Health, an HHS official said during a keynote talk, here.

The economic burden of kidney graft failure in the United States impacts patient survival and quality of life, and causes an increase in incremental health care spending, according to a published study.

According to a study, transplant recipients who received kidneys from a national paired kidney exchange program experienced similar post-transplant outcomes as those who received kidneys from other living donors. These results led David B. Leeser, MD, of the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, to contend that “national paired kidney donor transplantation is an excellent way for patients to have a successful living donor kidney transplant.”

Subclinical structural features of donated kidneys — identified through biopsy — appeared to contribute to graft failure in the recipient, according recently published study results.

Solid organ transplant recipients experienced a high burden of infections, more than half of which were due to bacteria, in the first year after transplant, according to an analysis of patients in the Swiss Transplant Cohort Study.