For recipients of kidney transplant who received an infusion of dexmedetomidine, early postoperative renal function was improved, according to a study published in Annals of Medicine. However, total vessel density was not greatly different between the intervention and control groups. Yu-Change Yeh, MD, PhD, and colleagues randomly assigned transplant recipients to a control group or dexmedetomidine group. Read more in Physician’s Weekly.
Following solid-organ transplantation, the primary aim of care is preventing allosensitization. Despite potent immunosuppression, nonadherence often disrupts treatment, resulting in rejection. Among recipients of kidney transplant, the strongest predictors of allograft failure are nonadherence and subsequent antibody or T-cell-mediated rejection (AMR and TCMR, respectively). Read more in Nephrology Times.
Simulations revealed that using deceased donor kidneys in transplant chains could increase the number of transplants by 290 a year, according to data published in the Kidney International Reports.
Further, investigators noted that using deceased donors (DD) can increase transplantations for blood type O kidney-paired donation (KPD) candidates. Read more in Healio.
For many people suffering from one kidney condition or another, there are many questions to be asked: what are my treatment options? How can I donate my car to charity for kidney research? What do I eat and drink to reduce my symptoms? What kind of exercise should I be getting? Your doctor will have most of those answers for you, the experts at Kidney Cars can help you donate your car, and here are a few tips for incorporating a simple walking program into your day to help improve kidney function. Read more from the National Kidney Foundation.
Kidney transplant recipients do not contract COVID-19 from accepting a kidney donation from a COVID-19-positive deceased donor, according to data published in the Journal of Urology.
In a retrospective review, the Cleveland Clinic transplant team examined data for 55 patients who received a kidney donation from 34 deceased donors with COVID-19 between February 2021 and October 2021. All donors tested positive for COVID-19 within a median of 4 days of organ donation. Read more in Healio.
Researchers developed a patient preference survey intended to show maximal acceptable risk for using a kidney replacement device and willingness-to-wait for devices with lower risk.
“Catalyzed by U.S. regulatory reform and the Kidney Innovation Accelerator (KidneyX) prize competition, there has been unprecedented [kidney replacement therapy] KRT research and development in recent years. Read the full story in Healio.
On May 6, 2014, all Kevin Schnurr had to do was remember his name and date of birth.
So—on May 6, 2014—Kevin awoke from surgery, and doctors and nurses asked him his name and date of birth.
Kevin successfully replied, “My name is Kevin Schnurr … and I was born on March 31, 1986.”
Read the full story on CareDx.com.
There are approximately 100,000 people in the United States waiting for a kidney, and many more living kidney donors are needed to give kidney patients a chance to receive a life-saving kidney transplant. If you are considering becoming a living kidney donor, you may be wondering whether kidney donation is safe, or if there are any risks associated with kidney donation surgery.
A new study by the Mayo Clinic confirms that the risk of major complications for living kidney donors is minimal. Of the 3,002 living kidney donors who underwent laparoscopic kidney donor surgery at the Mayo Clinic transplant center from 2000 to 2019, 12.4% had minor post-surgical complications. Just 2.5% of patients in the study experienced major complications, and all made a complete recovery. The study tracked complications that occurred up to 120 days after surgery. Read more from the National Kidney Registry.
— Severity of kidney disease ups risk of ICU time, in-hospital mortality, and more
SAN DIEGO — Certain factors were highly predictive of severe COVID illness in hospitalized patients who had type 2 diabetes (T2D) and chronic kidney disease (CKD), a researcher reported.
In a single-center study of patients with T2D and CKD hospitalized with COVID-19 infection, having hyperglycemia upon admission was tied with more than a 10 times higher risk of severe COVID illness (OR 10.49, 95% CI 3.09-35.60), according to Ella Burguera-Couce, an MD candidate at the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Read the complete article in MedPage Today.
-Be seen by your transplant team on a regular basis and follow their advice
-Take your anti-rejection medications daily in the proper dose and at the right times, as directed by the transplant team, to keep your body from rejecting your new kidney.
-Follow the recommended schedule for lab tests and clinic visits to make sure that your kidney is working properly.
-Follow a healthy lifestyle including proper diet, exercise, and weight loss if needed
To read the full article and find more post-kidney transplant resources, visit the National Kidney Foundation’s page here.