Tag: Organ Transplants
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
Online Patient Portal Use May Up Likelihood of Kidney Transplant
Portal users more likely to have received kidney transplant at four, five years after initiating dialysis
Survival Similar for Kidneys From Dead Donors With, Without AKI
Deceased donor AKI status has no association with death-censored graft failure, all-cause graft failure
Second U.S. Baby Born From Transplanted Uterus From Deceased Donor
To date, infants born from transplanted uteri have only been delivered by cesarean section
Heart Transplants From Hep C Virus-Positive Donors Seem Safe
No significant difference seen in one-year posttransplant survival for HCV+, HCV− donors
