Kidney Transplant

Unintended pregnancy after kidney transplantation was not linked to perinatal acute allograft rejection but was associated with mycophenolate exposure and allograft loss at 2 years postpartum, according to data published in O&G Open.

In this video exclusive, Deidra C. Crews, MD, ScM, FASN, president of the American Society of Nephrology discusses connections between kidney disease and obesity.

SAN DIEGO — Racial disparities in preemptive living donor kidney transplantation access have persisted in the United States during the last 2 decades, according to researchers.

The Kidney Transplant Collaborative expressed disappointment at the delayed CMS launch of the Increasing Organ Transplant Access model, according to a press release from the organization.

SAN DIEGO — Kidney transplant recipients who experience more bodily pain have less involvement and ability to participate in social activities than kidney transplant patients who report less pain, according to data at ASN Kidney Week.

SAN DIEGO — Among African American and white adults with obesity who received kidneys from the same deceased donor, graft failure rates were higher — but so were survival rates — for African American recipients, according to study data.

SAN DIEGO — Nearly 75% of kidney transplant recipients at a U.S. hospital who survived at least 1 year did not see a primary care provider in the years following the procedure, according to study data.

The National Kidney Foundation Innovation Fund has invested in health technology company Revalia Bio, according to a press release.

For organ transplant recipients with HIV, kidneys from deceased donors with HIV are noninferior those from donors without HIV, according to data from a U.S. multicenter observational trial.

When counseling women with kidney disease about pregnancy, nephrologists and women’s health providers must emphasize intentionality.