Tag: kidney transplant
Postponing renal replacement therapy may result in poor clinical outcomes in patients with severe acute kidney injury
1. The median number of RRT-free days was 12 days (IQR 0-25) in the delayed strategy and 10 days (IQR ...
#VisualAbstract: Oxygenated hypothermic perfusion reduces post-kidney transplant complications
1. Oxygenated hypothermic machine perfusion (HMPO2) of kidneys donated after circulatory death was associated with fewer severe complications and lower ...
Proton pump inhibitor use associated with increased mortality risk in kidney transplant patients
1. PPI use may be associated with an increased mortality risk in patients who have received kidney transplants. Evidence Rating ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind June 22, 2020
The association between use of proton-pump inhibitors and excess mortality after kidney transplantation: A cohort study 1. PPI use may ...
Using HCV-infected kidneys greatly reduces wait time for transplantation and improves survival for patients with HCV
1. Use of HCV-infected kidneys increased patients’ quality-adjusted life expectancy. 2. Lower costs were associated with HCV-infected kidneys compared to ...
Living kidney donation associated with some increased health risks
1. Living kidney donation was associated with higher diastolic blood pressure, lower estimated glomerular filtration rates, and increased relative risk ...
HLA-incompatible kidney donation may increase survival compared to waiting
1. Donation with HLA-incompatible kidney confers a survival benefit as compared to staying on the waitlist indefinitely and also staying ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind March 14, 2016
Survival Benefit with Kidney Transplants from HLA-Incompatible Live Donors Many patients in the United States with anti-HLA antibodies remain on ...
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Belatacept provides better long-term immunosuppression in kidney transplantation than cyclosporine: The BENEFIT study
1. Seven years after transplantation, patient and kidney graft survival and function were significantly higher with belatacept than cyclosporine based ...