Kidney Transplant

Donor nephrectomy in living kidney donors aged 70 years or older is safe and does not significantly impact eGFR or the risk of end-stage renal disease, recently published data show.

Certain facilitators may allow older patients to activity while awaiting a kidney transplant, despite patients and care partners reporting barriers to pretransplant exercise, data show.

Patients who receive hemodialysis vs. peritoneal dialysis before kidney transplantation may be at higher risk for developing atrial fibrillation after the transplant, a study found.

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes has released a series of recommendations for the transplant team on how to manage patients with a failing kidney allograft.

Patients with chronic kidney disease who followed a healthy or overall plant-based diet had a lower risk for all-cause mortality than those who followed an unhealthy plant-based diet, according to recently published data.

Results from a recently published U.S. survey show that most adults would consider becoming a living kidney donor, and donation rates could increase with culturally competent education.

CMS levied fines for poor performance in the first year of its End-Stage Renal Disease Treatment Choices model against dialysis clinics with higher proportions of patients at social risk, a recently published study shows.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read nephrology cover stories in 2023.

A community-based strategy to screen lower-income African Americans for elevated risk for chronic kidney disease and CVD and intervene with a fruit and vegetable diet, was feasible, according to results of a recently published study.

Adults with pregnancy-related end-stage kidney disease have reduced access to transplant and nephrology care, which may worsen racial gaps for Black patients with this condition, according to a study.