Kidney Transplantation

Living kidney donors with discordant kidney function measures had lower eGFR after donation and a higher risk for eGFR counts below 45 mL/min/1.73 m2, researchers found.

Race may play a role in the waitlist experience, allograft quality and transplant outcomes of patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, according to results from a cohort study.

Patients with chronic kidney disease and those who have had a kidney transplant should avoid high doses of vitamin D, according to an evidence-based consensus document.

Access to kidney transplants increased for undocumented immigrants in Illinois, Minnesota and Massachusetts following state policy changes from 2013 to 2023, data show.

Women with a kidney transplant may be more likely to have a cesarean section, labor-free delivery and vaginal complications than those without a transplant, according to data from an Australia-based study.

Healio has compiled a list of the most-read vascular access nephrology news in 2024.

In 2018, End-stage Renal Disease Network 9 convened transplant stakeholders and patients to support quality improvement activities conducted on behalf of CMS to increase patients on the kidney transplant waitlist and receiving transplants.

CMS and HHS finalized a federal rule aimed at increasing the number of kidney transplants and addressing disparities among potential organ recipients, according to a CMS press release.

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.