Before the transplant: The procedure to undergo a kidney transplant in India begins with a thorough physical evaluation, including routine blood tests and functional analysis of the heart, lungs, and liver. Thes
From pre‐ to post‐policy, the proportion of all deceased donor kidney and liver transplants that were SLK decreased (kidney: 5.1% to 4.3%; liver: 9.7% to 8.7%). SLK policy implementation interrupted the longstanding rise in SLK transplants, while Safety Net priority directed kidneys to ...
Patients with severe heart or lung disease, active drug abusers, or those with uncontrolled psychiatric diseases, cancer, or uncontrolled infections may not be eligible for transplant.Once eligibility is established, if a living donor is available, the procedure is scheduled ahead of time on a day...
“Obesity is a worsening problem in the United States, significantly impacting transplant eligibility. We established the CORT initiative – a collaborative for obesity research in transplantation – recognizing the urgent need to address this issue, especially in underserved populations who suffer the mo...
Table 2. Considerations and Approaches Toward Select Contemporary Issues Impacting Kidney Transplant Eligibility Contemporary Issues Impacting Transplant Candidacy and AccessRational for Cautious Approach to TransplantRationale for Transplanting Patients With These IssuesUnanswered Questions and Future Directions Obesit...
If a new race-free equation for assessing chronic kidney disease is widely adopted in the US, this will potentially impact medication dosing, insurance coverage, and kidney transplant eligibility.
Study eligibility was based on population, intervention, comparator, outcome, and study design relevant to each clinical question. For most topics, the searches focused on randomized controlled trials with at least 100 participants and 6-month duration of follow-up; or multivariable analyses of large...
Racial and ethnic disparities in kidney transplant access within a theoretical context of medical eligibility. Transplantation. 2020;104(7):1437–44. Article Google Scholar Jones D, You Z, Kendrick JB. Racial/ethnic differences in barriers to kidney transplant evaluation among hemodialysis patients. ...
Notably, researchers highlighted that Black Americans tend to have higher estimated GFR levels compared to non-Black individuals at the same creatinine level, potentially impacting kidney transplant eligibility timelines [67, 77]. In response, the CKD-EPI consortium introduced a new creatinine-based ...
Trial Name and Drug StudiedPatients, nMedian Follow-Up, yeGFR, mL/min/1.73 m2Median (IQR) UACR, mg/gKey Eligibility CriteriaPrimary Endpoint CREDENCE6 (canagliflozin 100 mg) 4,401 2.6 Mean (SD):56.3 (18.2) 923 (459-1,794) Age ≥ 30 years; T2DM; eGFR ≥ 30 and < 90 mL/min/1.73...