Kidney Transplant
Transplants for school-aged children increase during summer vs. non-summer break weeks
Kidney transplants in school-aged children increased during the summer break compared with non-summer break weeks, according to published data.
RPA: Proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cut should be mostly neutral for nephrology
Proposed changes released earlier this month by CMS to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule for 2025 should have a minimal impact on payments to nephrologists, according to a summary by the Renal Physicians Association.
After 2 years, the ESRD Treatment Choices model is – surprise – a bust
In 2019, former President Donald Trump signed the Advancing American Kidney Health initiative.
Immigrant, racialized status may affect pursuit of living donor kidney transplant
Immigrant and racialized status may affect readiness to pursue living donor kidney transplant, according to results of a study.
Organ network to remove race, hepatitis C coefficients for evaluating organ function
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network has removed two variables – whether a potential organ donor is African American or Black or has tested positive for the hepatitis C virus – from methods to evaluate deceased donor organs.
Study: Patients with CKD, kidney transplant should have ongoing telehealth access
Patients with chronic kidney disease or transplant should have ongoing access to telehealth to help manage care, according to results of a qualitative meta-analysis.
Despite financial incentives, no growth seen for home dialysis, transplant in ESRD model
Financial incentives offered to providers in a CMS payment model have failed to increase home dialysis and kidney transplantation rates in the first 2 years of the demonstration, published findings show.
Study: Episodic, other cognitive functions normalized after kidney transplant
Episodic and verbal declarative memory normalized in adults on in-center hemodialysis after receiving a kidney transplant, according to study results. Other cognitive impairments also showed improvement.
Northwestern Medicine researchers perform kidney transplant on awake patient
Surgeons at Northwestern Medicine have performed the first kidney transplant in the U.S. in which the patient was awake during procedure, according to a press release from the hospital.
Study: eGFR decline after transplant may be worse for patients who gain weight
PHILADELPHIA — The course of eGFR decline after kidney transplant may be worse for patients who gain weight after surgery, data from the American Transplant Congress show.