Antegrade treatment approaches may yield the highest stone-free rates for patients with de novo nephrolithiasis in kidney grafts, according to new study findings.
In a systematic review of 37 retrospective studies, investigators identified 553 patients with de novo stones in the transplanted kidney.
Read more in Renal & Urology News.
A review of 23 studies found that evidence of kidney disease before a liver transplant is the strongest predictor of kidney disease afterward.
Since the first liver transplant was performed at the University of Colorado 60 years ago, the procedure has evolved into life-saving surgery for countless patients with end-stage liver disease around the world. In the U.S., there are just over 9,200 liver transplants performed in 2021. Read more in Managed Healthcare Executive.
Rowena Roque, 46, was having a problem that many people can relate to: doing everything in her power to lose weight and get healthy but never succeeding.
From fad diets to two-hour workouts, there isn’t a diet or workout regimen that Roque didn’t try. Read the full story in News Medical Life Sciences.
Clinic provides diabetes and endocrinology care for patients after transplants
(SACRAMENTO) Did you know diabetes is a common complication following a kidney transplant?
UC Davis Health has established a new transplant endocrinology clinic to improve care of diabetes and other endocrinology disorders for kidney transplant patients. Read more from UC Davis Health News.
Historically, Black patients have had to wait longer for kidney transplants than other races, in part because of an outdated test that overestimated their kidney function. Now, a new national rule will remove the test, which is seen as racially bias, in determining who gets a transplant. NBC News’ Yamiche Alcindor shares more. Watch the story on NBC Nightly News.
The following is the summary of “A Contemporary Evaluation of Urological Outcomes After Renal Transplantation” published in the January 2023 issue of Urology by Kennedy, et al.
Patients undergoing urologic procedures after receiving a kidney transplant are at increased risk for infection and other urological problems. Read more in Physician’s Weekly.
Heart-kidney transplantation relative to heart transplantation alone was associated with superior survival regardless of dialysis status and for patients with moderate kidney disease, according to a national transplant registry analysis. Read the full story in Healio.
Adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and end-stage kidney disease are less likely to be evaluated to kidney transplantation compared to peers without disabilities, according to data published in JAMA Surgery. Read more in Healio.
Giving adult kidney transplant recipients sodium bicarbonate to correct metabolic acidosis may not help preserve graft function and instead represents an unnecessary “pill burden,” new clinical trial data from Switzerland suggest. Read more in Medscape.
Despite similar kidney transplant outcomes, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) were less likely than the general population to be evaluated for transplant and less likely to receive one, a propensity-score matched analysis found. Read more in Medpage Today.