conference reports
Obesity need not rule out renal transplants
Tuesday, 9 February 2010- Elevated BMI in renal transplant recipients does not appear to impact early graft function and the risk of acute rejection, according to study findings presented here at the American Society of...
Edited by: ES
Transplants can proceed despite substance abuse
Monday, 8 February 2010- Substance abuse by renal transplant recipients does not significantly affect graft and patient outcomes, according to new data presented at the American Society of Transplantation 10th Annual State of the...
Edited by: ES
Survival advantage and pre-emptive kidney transplant
Friday, 25 December 2009- Pre-dialysis transplant recipients with a high level of kidney function do not appear to benefit from their transplant more than pre-dialysis recipients with a low level of kidney function, according to...
Edited by: JV
Combined vitamin D and phosphorus binder linked to improved survival
Monday, 21 December 2009- A study of Japanese dialysis patients demonstrated that a combination of oral vitamin D and a phosphorus binder is associated with lower mortality.The study, by Dr. Tsuneo Konta, Associate Professor of...
Edited by: ES
Zoledronic acid used in RCC patients is cost-effective
Thursday, 3 December 2009- A new study, presented at the 2nd European Multidisciplinary Meeting on Urological Cancers, assessed and compared the cost-effectiveness of Zoledronic acid (ZOL) in patients with RCC from French,...
Edited by: ES
Key player identified in cascade that leads to hypertension-related kidney damage
Tuesday, 10 November 2009- A key player in a cascade that likely begins with stress and leads to high blood pressure and kidney damage has been identified by researchers who say the finding may lead to better ways to control...
Edited by: ES
QoL assessed by SF-36 health survey in older vs. younger and related vs. non-related live kidney donors
Friday, 30 October 2009- The SF-36 Health Survey was designed to assess the health status in general. A group of researchers in Romania compared the quality of life (QOL) in four groups of kidney donors – related versus...
Edited by: Joel Vega
Prevention of antibody-mediated damage in kidney transplants
Friday, 5 June 2009- Early results from a Mayo Clinic research study demonstrate the effectiveness of a new approach to blocking an important part of the immune system that causes severe damage to some kidney...
Edited by: ES
Phase 2 clinical trial data on once-per-month hematide announced
Wednesday, 3 June 2009- Affymax announced data from a post hoc analysis of 120 patients in a Phase 2 clinical trial of Hematide™ in non-dialysis chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients.
The data suggest that there is no...
Edited by: ES
AKI raises long-term mortality risks
Wednesday, 3 June 2009- Acute kidney injury (AKI) is known to increase in-hospital mortality, but new findings suggest that it also increases long-term mortality risk independent of residual kidney function.
Dr. Jean-Philippe...
Edited by: ES
