Kidney transplantation among those with HIV infections shown safe and effective, study suggests Date: October 17, 2024 Source: NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine Summary: It is ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — There are more than 780,000 people living with kidney disease. On average, 25,000 people will get a transplant each year; however, 90,000 people are still on the waitlist.

Investigators recently uncovered key insights into newly defined rejection entities in kidney transplantation that may offer improved patient risk categorization post-transplant. The research will ...

Current indicators of donor kidney health for transplantation focus on the donor's age and clinical history. This approach can lead to organ waste due to discarding potentially healthy kidneys ...

The heterogeneous clinical presentation of graft microvascular inflammation poses a major challenge to successful kidney transplantation. The effect of microvascular inflammation on allograft ...

The caption continued, “In July of this year, I went into a 14-hour heart transplant surgery and now have a brand new heart in me. Now that I’m back (still in recovery), I’ve essentially had ...

For example, a transplant center may require round-the-clock caregiving for one week following a kidney transplant or for as long as three months following a more arduous heart or lung transplant, ...

I do not want a transplant, although many of my friends have offered up a kidney. What about dialysis ... plus the transportation time. Peritoneal dialysis, which can be done during the day ...

A nightmare scenario played out at a Kentucky hospital as a transplant donor woke up on the operating table just as doctors were preparing to remove his heart, according to witnesses. Thomas T.J ...

I do not want a transplant, although many of my friends have offered up a kidney. What about dialysis ... plus the transportation time. Peritoneal dialysis, which can be done during the day ...