Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Journal Articles

• Cholesterol and CVD Events in Kidney Transplant Recipients Learn more about the potential association between remnant cholesterol and cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality outcomes among individuals who had a kidney transplant.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, May 18, 2022
• Optimal Patient Selection for Heart-Kidney Transplant A decision-analytic model identifies the costs and benefits of simultaneous heart-kidney transplant compared with single-organ transplant with a safety net strategy.
  American Journal of Transplantation, May 10, 2022
• A Third Dose of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine in Transplant Recipients A new study finds that a third SARS-CoV-2 vaccine dose may help improve protection against variants of concern among some solid organ transplant recipients.
  American Journal of Transplantation, April 26, 2022
• Insufficient COVID-19 Vaccine Response in Kidney Transplants A new study finds that the two-dose mRNA vaccination may not sufficiently protect kidney transplant recipients against COVID-19.
  American Journal of Transplantation, April 06, 2022
• Impact of Obesity in Kidney Transplantation In what ways might obesity impact kidney transplant outcomes?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, April 05, 2022
• Serum Hb and Risk of Renal Function Decline in Early DKD What could serum hemoglobin concentrations tell us about the potential risk of diabetic kidney disease progression?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, March 22, 2022
• CKD, Chronic Heart Failure, and CKD Progression A new review examines the question of whether CKD can lead to chronic heart failure, and in turn, whether worsening chronic heart failure could lead to CKD progression.
  Current Opinion in Nephrology and Hypertension, March 03, 2022
• West Nile Virus Transmission by Solid Organ Transplantation Due to the potential for West Nile virus transmission through solid organ transplantation, should routine donor screening be considered?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, February 23, 2022
• Update on Gout Management: What Is Old and What Is New Get up-to-date on the most recent advances in the management of gout.
  Current Opinion in Rheumatology, February 16, 2022
• Deceased Donor Kidney Quality Trends and Transplant Outcomes Has the lower quality of deceased donor kidneys seen in recent years negatively impacted kidney transplant outcomes?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, February 01, 2022
• TRAPS-Related AA Amyloidosis This paper describes the frequency and prognosis of AA amyloidosis in TNF receptor-1-associated periodic syndrome. What is known about this potentially severe complication?
  Rheumatology, January 07, 2022
• Predictive Effect of Salt Intake in Non-Dialysis CKD A new study examines the impacts of different levels of salt intake in CKD patients. Do the effects differ between younger and older patients?
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, January 04, 2022
• Dapagliflozin in Patients With CKD, With and Without HF Heart failure is common in patients with chronic kidney disease. Might the SGLT-2 inhibitor dapagliflozin reduce the risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular death in these patients?
  JACC: Heart Failure, January 03, 2022
• COVID-19 in Kidney Transplant Recipients What have we learned about the clinical course and outcome of COVID-19 infection in kidney transplant recipients?
  American Journal of Transplantation, December 20, 2021
• Iron Deficiency After Kidney Transplantation Learn more about the causes that lead to iron deficiency in kidney transplant recipients and how it may impact the outcomes of these patients.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, December 14, 2021
• Hardest-to-Place Kidney Transplant Outcomes in the U.S. Accepting hard-to-place kidneys could increase the number of organs transplanted, but what is the impact on patient outcomes?
  American Journal of Transplantation, December 13, 2021
• Transplanting Kidneys From SARS-CoV-2 RNA Positive Donors Kidneys from SARS-CoV-2-infected donors could potentially be considered for transplantation without transmitting the virus.
  American Journal of Transplantation, November 29, 2021
• Ambient Air Pollution and Kidney Transplant Outcomes Might air pollution exposure negatively affect outcomes among kidney transplant recipients? A new study examines the potential impact.
  American Journal of Transplantation, November 18, 2021
• HCV Recurrence in Patients Treated With DAAs After Achieving SVR How great is the risk of late relapse or re-occurrence of HCV-infection after sustained virological response achieved with direct-acting antivirals?
  Liver International, November 08, 2021
• The Failing Kidney Allograft This article reviews the best management strategies for transplant patients after a failed kidney allograft.
  American Journal of Transplantation, October 11, 2021