Transplant

SAN DIEGO — Before undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant, over 10% of patients had a penicillin allergy label but less than 1% had been tested for this allergy, according to a presentation here.

Unintentional weight loss prior to kidney transplant evaluation may be linked to lower listing odds and higher waitlist mortality for frail patients with obesity, a study found.

There is no standard approach to starting kidney transplant evaluations in patients referred from dialysis facilities to transplant centers, according to a retrospective analysis.

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.

Older adults with advanced kidney disease are often motivated to receive a transplant but may face emotional and psychosocial barriers during evaluation, according to a study.

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 spoke with Ahmad Anouti, MD, about a presentation at The Liver Meeting on the prognostic value of reaching normal bilirubin levels after Kasai portoenterostomy in biliary atresia.

Extending the wait time between life-sustaining treatment withdrawal and circulatory death to 3 hours may boost the number of available deceased-donor kidneys for transplantation, data show.

Five years after lung transplantation, adults bridged to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation while waiting for their transplant had “favorable survival,” according to results published in Respiratory Research.

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.