transplant

The Evolution of Kidney Transplantation in HIV-Positive Patients

July 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

Providing kidney transplantation to HIV-positive ESKD patients was until recently considered to be a high-risk endeavour but is now almost routine. It is topical too, with the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act, allowing HIV+ to HIV+ transplants, [read more...]

Promoting Medication Adherence Among Teen Kidney Transplant Recipients

June 26, 2018 // 0 Comments

In a recent AJKD article, Foster et al report on a unique intervention to improve medication adherence rates in teenage kidney transplant recipients. Dr. Vikas Dharnidarka (@Vikas_R_D), one of the authors, discusses the findings in this audio [read more...]

#NephMadness 2018: Virally Infected Kidneys – Much More Than HIV and HCV!

March 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

Vikas Dharnidharka, MD Dr. Dharnidharka is the Chief of the Pediatric Nephrology division and a Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University in St Louis. His research and clinical interests are both related to the infectious and malignancy [read more...]

UNOS/OPTN Response Regarding Committee Structure Changes

March 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

Editors’ Note: We take a break from our regularly scheduled NephMadness programming to share this response from UNOS, in reply to an earlier post by Dr. Sylvia Rosas et al regarding Controversial OPTN Committee Structure Changes Up for [read more...]

#NephMadness 2018: Advancing A Defensible System of Practice for Living Donor Risk Assessment

March 20, 2018 // 2 Comments

Krista Lentine, MD Dr. Lentine is Professor of Medicine at Saint Louis University. She is a clinical scientist whose work is grounded in novel integration of registries and electronic health information to address topics in transplant-related [read more...]

#NephMadness 2018: Transplantation Region

March 15, 2018 // 7 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2018 | #NephMadness | #TransplantRegion Selection Committee Member for the Transplantation Region: Dorry Segev, MD Dr. Segev is the Marjory K. and Thomas Pozefsky Professor of Surgery and Epidemiology and [read more...]

Controversial OPTN Committee Structure Changes Up for Public Comment

March 7, 2018 // 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: See response from Dr. Yolanda Becker, President of OPTN/UNOS Board of Directors here. Recently proposed changes to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) committee structure threaten to dilute the voice of [read more...]

HLA Epitope Matching for Mere Mortals

February 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

Human leukocyte antigen (HLA) epitope matching is something you’ve heard about but you can’t exactly remember the specifics. You might remember it as a contender in the Transplant Basic Science region of NephMadness 2016; however, you cannot [read more...]

Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Kidney Function: An Overview for Nephrologists

January 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

I have a love-hate relationship with the left ventricular assist device (LVAD). On the one hand, these devices have quadrupled survival, from a meager six months to over two years, in patients with heart failure on inotropic support. On the other [read more...]

KDIGO Guidelines on Living Kidney Donors: A Call for A Paradigm Shift

October 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

The much-anticipated KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline on the Evaluation and Care of Living Kidney Donors was recently published. It is available in two versions: a 10-page summary that lists all the recommendations that is a relatively easy read, [read more...]

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