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Transplant Outcomes and Usage Patterns in Adult Recipients of Deceased Donor Kidneys with COVID-19

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The following is a summary of “Patterns in Use and Transplant Outcomes Among Adult Recipients of Kidneys From Deceased Donors With COVID-19,” published in the May 2023 issue of Nephrology by Ji et al. 

For a study, researchers aimed to determine the kidney utilization patterns and transplant outcomes in adult recipients of deceased donor kidneys with active or resolved COVID-19. This study analyzed the information from 35,851 deceased donors (71,334 kidneys) and 45,912 adult patients who underwent kidney transplantation between March 1, 2020, and March 30, 2023. Read the complete article in Physician’s Weekly.

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Men share unbreakable bond: Kidney transplant brings strangers together

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By Doug Evans

FAYETTE COUNTY, Ga. – FOX 5 brought together two local men whose lives were changed forever by a kidney transplant back in February. FOX 5 first reported on McIntosh High School athletic director Leon Hammond’s need for a donated kidney last November and U.S. Secret Service agent Alan Reeves who gave him that gift of life. It’s now three months since the transplant surgery. Read or watch the full story from Fox 5 Atlanta.

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The ultimate Father’s Day gift: Daughter donates lifesaving kidney to N.J. dad

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By Rob Jennings

Bill Hemstead expects to celebrate a Father’s Day this year unlike any other in his life.

His three adult daughters — who are scattered across the country in Wisconsin, Hawaii and Colorado — will all be joining him Sunday at their childhood home in West Milford along with Kathy, their mother and Hemstead’s wife of nearly 36 years.
Read the full story in NJ.com.

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People take to social media to find living donors for kidney transplants

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By Erin Wise

Thousands of people in Alabama have kidney failure and many are in need of kidney transplants, but the number of patients greatly outnumber available kidneys. Many have taken to social media to find a living donor.

Annitra McGowan was diagnosed with stage three kidney disease four years ago. Her health declined further after getting COVID-19 in 2021. Read more from ABC 33/40 News.

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Simplifying Diagnosis of Rejection After Kidney Transplant

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By Nancy A. Melville

An automated system for the diagnosis of rejection after kidney transplant simplifies the assessment of increasingly complex criteria, significantly reducing the common occurrence of misclassification and potentially improving outcomes, according to new research.

“To date, no study in transplantation and other medical fields has developed and validated an automated multimodal disease classification,” report the French authors in their article published online May 4 in Nature Medicine.
Read more in Medscape.

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Two Kidney Transplants, One Family, and a Whole Lot of Love

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By Lynn Nichols
When Hazel Cunanan, a home health nurse, got the call that her 15-year-old son, Markus, needed a kidney transplant, she broke down. It was simply too much. The family had already endured a kidney transplant for their eldest daughter, Danica.

“I sat with my patient and I cried and cried,” Hazel says. “But it ended up being much easier the second time around. We knew what to expect, we were stronger. And we already had a community at the hospital and at home to help us.”
Read the full story in Stanford Medicine Childrens Health Healthier, Happier Lives Blog.

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What Caused Visual Disturbance in Kidney Transplant Patient?

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— Genetic testing identified PAX2 gene variant

By Kate Kneisel
Why has this 72-year-old woman with a history of kidney disease developed visual changes that affect only her left eye?

When the patient presented for an eye exam, M. Tariq Bhatti, MD, and colleagues at Kaiser Permanente-Northern California in Roseville, learned that she had been living with kidney disease for much of her life. Read the full story in MedPage Today.

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