Kidney Transplants

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

Kidneys from donors with COVID-19 history are not associated with worse transplant outcomes and are used at higher rates now than earlier in the pandemic, according to a study presented at ASN Kidney Week.

PHILADELPHIA — Social demographics and insurance type are influential factors in efforts to increase interest in living kidney donation among patients on dialysis, researchers said at ASN Kidney Week.

More than 12,000 of 21,000 infants who died in 2020 could have been considered as viable organ donors, according to data from researchers at Allegheny General Hospital.

Multilevel interventions, such as standardizing the evaluation process, utilizing telehealth improved access to kidney transplantation for African Americans, according to data published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

The number of organs transplanted in 2022 set a new annual record at 42,887 transplants in the U.S., including more than 25,000 kidney transplants for the first time, according to a press release from the United Network of Organ Sharing.

Adults who drink large amounts of coffee are less at risk for incident AKI compared with those who never drink coffee.

The 5-year allograft survival of a kidney transplanted from a deceased donor infected with the hepatitis C virus is comparable to a kidney from a donor who is not infected, according to data published in JAMA Network.

Patients with obesity trying to achieve the required weight loss to be added to the kidney transplant list need support, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

The American Kidney Fund awarded clinical scientist in nephrology fellowships to two researchers studying disparities in kidney transplants and genetic variants in nephrotic syndrome, according to a press release.