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Stopping immunosuppressive prednisone soon after kidney transplant found to be safe
Tuesday, 31 January 2012- Rapid discontinuation of the immunosuppressive steroid prednisone after a kidney transplant can help prevent serious side effects, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical...
Edited by: JV
Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy does not compromise results for pediatric recipients
Monday, 7 November 2011- Despite the apparent safety of laparoscopic kidney procurement (laparoscopic donor nephrectomy [LDN]) in adults, doubts have persisted about its use in pediatric recipients, following the publication of a...
Edited by: JV
HLA desensitising increases survival in kidney transplant
Tuesday, 2 August 2011- Survival after kidney transplantation improved significantly in patients who underwent desensitisation involving depletion of donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies, data from an 11-year clinical experience...
Edited by: JV
Waitlisted kidney patients positively view successful xenotransplantations
Tuesday, 12 July 2011- The organ transplant deficit is leading to an increase in the importance of solid organ xenotransplantation. However, the use of animals for human transplantation causes a certain amount of opposition in...
Edited by: JV
Kidney transplant patients do better with alemtuzumab
Friday, 20 May 2011- Kidney transplant patients -- especially low-risk ones -- do better with alemtuzumab (Campath) for antibody induction therapy than with conventional therapies, researchers say.
There was a significantly...
Edited by: JV
Exercise linked to higher survival rates after kidney transplant
Tuesday, 8 March 2011- Physical activity may play an independent role in survival for kidney transplant patients, according to a study conducted by Dutch researchers.
Kidney recipients who got the most exercise, more than...
Edited by: JV
Long distance shipment of live-donour kidneys seems OK
Monday, 17 January 2011- Transporting live-donor kidneys, sometimes over great distances, does not appear to have a negative effect on transplantation outcomes, according to researchers.
Of 56 kidneys transported over a...
Edited by: JV
Health registry could transform CKD care
Monday, 8 November 2010- A registry of health care information on patients with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD) could help physicians improve care for affected individuals, according to a study appearing in an...
Edited by: ES
Medication adherence improves blood pressure control in CKD
Friday, 5 November 2010- Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) and the Cincinnati Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center have found that about one-third of chronic kidney disease patients who are prescribed therapies for...
Edited by: ES
High erythropoietin levels indicate increased risk Of death
Thursday, 28 October 2010- High erythropoietin levels in people over age 85 indicate a higher risk of death, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).Erythropoietin is a hormone created in the...
Edited by: ES
