... —poses an increased risk of death for patients on kidney transplant waiting lists, according to a study appearing ... rates for patients with systolic dysfunction who were waiting for kidney transplants were almost six-fold higher ...
... association between sirolimus and diabetes after transplantation in a large group of kidney transplant recipients in the United States ... 20,000 Medicare beneficiaries undergoing kidney transplantation between 1995 and 2003. None of the patients ...
... patients undergoing kidney transplantation, treatment with the anti-rejection drug sirolimus may lead to an increased ... . The results suggested a higher rate of post-transplant diabetes among patients treated with sirolimus ...
... each day, will bring about gradual rejection of kidney transplants that is almost impossible to detect in its early ... and more protection from rejection. On average, the participants, 160 kidney transplant patients, were 6.4 years ...
Withdrawing certain immunosuppressive drugs following kidney transplantation prolongs survival and saves money ... . Immunosuppressive drugs such as calcineurin inhibitors are critical after kidney transplantation to prevent organ rejection, particularly ...
Withdrawing certain immunosuppressive drugs following kidney transplantation prolongs survival and saves money compared with keeping patients on these medications for life, according to a new study.
... more than 70,000 Americans waiting for kidney transplants. Kidneys donated after brain death are currently ... shortage but also to mitigate the existing disparities for black kidney transplant recipients. They add that the racial disparities ...
... (UCLA), and his colleagues studied the outcomes of kidney transplant recipients who were US residents that traveled ... tourism is a risky option for patients awaiting kidney transplantation and its implications on public health warrant ...
... three-quarters of the patients in the study were referred for a kidney transplant evaluation, 85% of whom were then ... . "Strategies to reduce the impact of health literacy on the kidney transplant process should be explored," they recommended ...
... have found an association between the genetics of donor-recipient matches in kidney transplants and complications during the first week ... used to match donors and recipients for deceased-donor kidney transplantation was associated with an increased risk for delayed ...
... -shaking plans for the future as he began his recovery from the rare double-lung and kidney transplant surgery he had at Loyola University ...
... over 45 are significantly less likely to be placed on a kidney transplant list than their equivalent male counterparts ... main steps determine who is placed on the UNOS kidney transplant list: referral by a nephrologist and the patient ...
... new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney transplant recipients, according to a study appearing in the February 2009 issue of the Journal of the American Society Nephrology ...
... describes the psychological profile of adolescents who have received kidney transplants and compares them to those of healthy peers ... ), kidney disease patients have been shown to have a delay in independent behavior. 37.8 percent of transplant ...
... the first six-way, multihospital, domino kidney transplant. All six donors — one man and five women, and six organ recipients - four men ... , according to Robert Montgomery, M.D., Ph.D., chief transplant surgeon at Johns Hopkins ...
