By Eric Coker
For Arielle Disick ’12, donating a kidney in 2022 wasn’t about courage or charity. It was about simply doing something good.
“You never know how much of an impact that a little bit of kindness can make and what the ripple effects will be,” she says. “If you can do something to help, you should help.”
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By Michele Sullivan
BOSTON — In adults hospitalized for acute infections, cefepime and piperacillin-tazobactam turned out to be equally safe in terms of serious kidney outcomes, although the latter antibiotic showed a lower risk for coma and delirium, an open-label randomized trial found.
Cefepime versus piperacillin-tazobactam for suspected infection resulted in no significant difference in the study’s primary endpoint, the highest stage of acute kidney injury (AKI) or death at 14 days (OR 0.95, 95% CI 0.80-1.13, P=0.56), Edward Qian, MD, of Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, reported here during a late-breaking abstract session at IDWeek. Read the full article in MedPage Today.
By Shawn M. Carter
Patients who receive hemodialysis prior to their first kidney transplant may be more likely to develop atrial fibrillation compared with patients who have peritoneal dialysis, according to recent data.
“Individuals with kidney failure receiving dialysis are at particularly high risk of [atrial fibrillation] AF, where as many as one in three patients receiving hemodialysis had an episode of AF during 6 months of rhythm monitoring using loop recorder devices,” Leonardo Pozo Garcia, MD, from the section of nephrology in the department of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, wrote with colleagues. Read the full story in Healio.
When Is It Time to Talk About Kidney Transplantation?
By Matthew A. Sparks, MD; Samira S. Farouk, MD, MSCR
This transcript has been edited for clarity.
Matthew A. Sparks, MD: I’m Dr Matthew Sparks. Welcome to Medscape’s InDiscussion series on chronic kidney disease. Today we’ll be discussing kidney transplantation with my guest, Dr Samira Farouk. Dr Farouk is an associate professor of medicine and medical education and a transplant nephrologist at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is also the associate program director of the fellowship program. Check out the complete podcast in Medscape.
Having an organ transplant can feel like a new lease on life!
You find that you can suddenly do more of the things that you enjoy. However, new recipients are sometimes overwhelmed with all the requirements of post-transplant living.
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By Abigail Brooks, MA
Among a cohort of young patients with no major comorbidity burdens, 49% were not waitlisted within 5 years of dialysis initiation.
Findings from a retrospective cohort study are calling attention to disparities in kidney transplant waitlisting based on sex, race, ethnicity, and employment status.
Among more than 50,000 patients aged ≤40 years with no major medical comorbidities, nearly half were not waitlisted for a kidney transplant within 5 years of dialysis initiation, with female sex, Black race, Hispanic ethnicity, and unemployment showing the greatest association with decreased waitlisting.1 Read more in HCP Live.
By Regina Shaffer
Data from a population-based study show more than half of all Hispanic or Latino adults who experienced sudden cardiac arrest had a prior diagnosis of chronic kidney disease, with 20% on dialysis, researchers reported.
In an analysis of more than 1,400 adults (27% Hispanic or Latino) who had a sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) and more than 3,000 Hispanic or Latino controls, researchers also found that existing CVD, including stroke, atrial fibrillation, CAD and HF, as well as heavy drinking and type 2 diabetes, were also predictors of SCA. Read more in Healio.
By Natash Persaud
Waitlist disparities even extend to younger patients with no medical contraindications to kidney transplantation who are normally considered prime candidates, a new study finds.
In the retrospective study of 52,902 US patients aged 40 years or younger with no major medical comorbidities, only 30% were waitlisted for a kidney transplant within 1 year of dialysis initiation, and 51% were waitlisted within 5 years. Read the full article in Renal & Urology News.
Kidney transplant survival and the genetic landscape of donor-recipient variations.
By Dr. Prajakta Banik
Kidney transplantation is a life-saving medical procedure that offers a chance for a better quality of life for individuals with end-stage kidney disease. However, the success of kidney transplantation depends on various factors, one of which is the compatibility between the donor’s kidney and the recipient’s body. Read more in Tech Explorist.
By Shawn M. Carter
Slow walking pace and weight gain may be linked to chronic kidney disease risk in adults who have obesity but not diabetes, according to a study by Drexel University researchers.
Results from the College of Medicine and Dornsife School of Public Health suggest staying fit and avoiding weight gain may be more pivotal than weight loss alone to reduce CKD risk.
Read the full article in Healio.