transplant

#NephMadness 2019: Concepcion Chooses Her Champion for Plasma Exchange

March 27, 2019 // 0 Comments

Beatrice P. Concepcion @KidneyBea_n Beatrice P. Concepcion is a transplant nephrologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, she is actively involved in the education of 3rd [read more...]

#NephMadness 2019: Plasma Exchange Region

March 15, 2019 // 0 Comments

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2019 | #NephMadness | #PLEXRegion Selection Committee Member: Andre Kaplan Andre Kaplan is Professor of Medicine and Chief of Blood Purification at UConn Health and is currently President-Elect of the [read more...]

#NephMadness 2019: Exercise Nephrology Region

March 15, 2019 // 1 Comment

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2019 | #NephMadness | #ExerciseRegion Selection Committee Member: Chirag Parikh @KidneydrChirag Chirag Parikh is a Professor of Medicine and the Division Director of Nephrology at Johns Hopkins University. His [read more...]

The Impact of RRT on Young Adults in the UK

February 11, 2019 // 0 Comments

The SPEAK Study focuses on young adults with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in the UK. In a recent article published in AJKD, Hamilton et al (Open Access) identified demographic, clinical, psychosocial, and quality of life measures in this unique [read more...]

#PathPointer: Tram-Tracking in a Transplant

January 30, 2019 // 0 Comments

The aesthetic qualities of a good Jones silver stain are underrated. The black linear pattern contrasting against the colors of the counterstained tissue evokes the lead borders and colored glass of stained-glass windows. But aside from their [read more...]

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...]

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