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Post-COVID-19 Thromboembolic Complications in Kidney Transplant Patients

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The following is a summary of “Thromboembolic complications after COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients,” published in the September 2023 issue of Nephrology by Artan et al.

COVID-19 is associated with increased thromboembolic risk in the general population, and data is lacking on this risk in kidney transplant recipients. Researchers performed a retrospective study to assess the prevalence and risk factors for thrombotic complications in kidney transplant patients. Read more in Physician’s Weekly.

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Race-Free eGFR Validated for Kidney Transplant Patients

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By Mitchel L. Zoler, PhD

French researchers have developed and validated a creatinine-based, race-free equation for calculating estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in people who have received a kidney transplant. It performed as well, or better, than three established eGFR equations, including the 2021 race-free equation now widely used in US practice.

“The new equation provides a more accurate estimation of kidney function” in kidney transplant recipients compared with prior equations, said Marc Raynaud, PhD, lead author of the report, which was recently published in BMJ. Read more in Medscape.

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Cancer risk increased for patients with mild to moderate CKD, kidney transplant recipients

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Patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease or recipients of kidney transplants are at increased risk for cancer, according to data published in the American Journal of Kidney Disease.

“We sought to characterize the burden of cancer diagnoses and cancer deaths among patients with kidney disease and determine whether their risk was increased vs. patients with normal kidney function,” Abhijat Kitchlu, MD, MSc, a staff nephrologist and clinician investigator at the University Health Network and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, told Healio. “We also assessed whether patients with kidney disease were found to have more advanced cancer stage when they were diagnosed.”
Read the full story in Healio.

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