Tag: Organ Transplants
Kidney Transplants From, to Extreme Elderly Feasible in ESRD
Benefit seen for extremely elderly receiving kidney transplants from similarly aged deceased donors
Model Shows Hep C-Infected Kidney Transplants Beneficial, Cost-Effective
Transplant plus antiviral therapy improves quality of life, reduces health care costs for recipients
Distance to Kidney Transplant Center Does Not Affect Referral
No impact found on transplant referral and evaluation initiation based on distance for ESKD patients
CD8+ T Cell Composition Tied to Risk for Kidney Transplant Failure
CD8+ T cell composition at one year after transplant may identify those at higher risk for graft failure
Survival After Pediatric Kidney Transplant Drastically Improved
Survival up from 1970-1985 to 2005-2015 mainly due to drop in deaths from CV causes, infections
Virtual Cross-Matching May Speed Kidney Transplant Process
Cold ischemia time for donor kidneys reduced after implementation of virtual cross-matching program
Promoting Mixed Chimerism Promising in Kidney Transplants
Complete or partial immunosuppressive drug withdrawal without rejection achieved in some
Outcomes Positive With National Kidney Paired Donation Program
Graft failure, mortality no different for National Kidney Registry, control living donor transplant recipients
Structural Traits of Living Donor Kidneys May Predict Graft Failure
Interstitial fibrosis/tubular atrophy, larger cortical nephron size, smaller medullary volume predict failure
First-Biopsy Results for Deceased Donor Kidneys Questioned
No association seen between first-biopsy findings and posttransplant outcomes for deceased donor kidneys
