kidney transplant

Patient Preference Versus Physician Preference of Immunosuppression

July 10, 2012 // 0 Comments

Immunosuppressive regimens are largely selected by physicians. Has anyone asked patients what they prefer? A unique and illustrative approach to understanding attitudes and [...]

1-Day Centralized Pretransplant Work-up Model: A Success Story

July 5, 2012 // 0 Comments

The transplant candidate work-up is a long and complex process that slows down the final listing of transplant patients. Cardiology evaluations, screening tests, social work [...]

SCM12: eAJKD interview with Dr S. Jawad Sher

May 13, 2012 // 1 Comment

Dr. S. Jawad Sher, from Indiana University School of Medicine, discusses his poster for the National Kidney Foundation’s 2012 Spring Clinical Meetings (SCM12), Outcome of [...]

Center-Level Factors and Racial Disparities in Kidney Transplantation

April 26, 2012 // 0 Comments

It is well known that African Americans have a lower rate of living donor transplantation compared with Caucasians. In a recent article published in the American Journal of [...]

Podcast: Incidence and Consequences of AKI in Kidney Transplant Recipients

March 20, 2012 // 2 Comments

In a recent article published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, Mehrotra and colleagues explore the epidemiology and outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) in kidney [...]

Motivations and Experiences of Living Kidney Donors

March 15, 2012 // 0 Comments

In this post, Dr. Allison Tong (AT) discusses her recent paper in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases on using thematic synthesis to understand the motivations and [...]

Largest “Swap” in the World Results in a Torrent of Publicity for Kidney Paired Donation

February 28, 2012 // 2 Comments

The idea of paired kidney donation was first described in 1986 by Rapaport [1, 2]. Since then, paired kidney donation, or better known as kidney “swap,” has been [...]

Advanced Age and Kidney Transplantation, Part 2

February 16, 2012 // 0 Comments

In the second of two parts, Dr. Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh (KK) from the University of California, Los Angeles, continues to discuss his recent study on advanced age and kidney [...]

Advanced Age and Kidney Transplantation, Part 1

February 14, 2012 // 3 Comments

Geriatric nephrology is on the rise as the baby boomers age, and more and more patients will encounter nephrologists. Transplant nephrology is facing this challenge as well. [...]

HLA-B Matching Priority Removal in Transplantation Allocation: Was it Worth It?

November 7, 2011 // 1 Comment

Dr. Dorry Segev (DS), Transplant Surgeon from Johns Hopkins Medical Center, recently discussed the removal of HLA-B matching priority in transplantation with Dr. Kenar [...]