Transplant

Adults with lower cognitive scores before kidney transplantation had similar kidney function, hospital length of stay and readmission and death rates as those with higher pre-transplant scores, according to study data.

Following propensity matching, lung transplant recipients aged 70 years or older had similar 5-year survival to recipients aged younger than 70 years, according to results published in European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.

A biotechnology company developing compatible organs for transplantation to humans, eGenesis, secured financial backing that could eventually lead to a human trial of its bioengineered pig kidney, according to a company press release.

The American Society of Transplantation has asked CMS to delay up to a year the launch of a 6-year demonstration aimed at increasing kidney transplants and improvements in graft survival. 

After protests from transplant patient advocacy groups and legislators for more than a year, CMS has agreed to drop a proposal that would have limited access to a noninvasive test used to determine the health of a transplanted organ.

Immigrant and racialized status may affect readiness to pursue living donor kidney transplant, according to results of a study.

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.

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.

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.