Kidney transplantation from donors with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to recipients with HIV is an emerging practice. It has been performed since 2016 under the U.S. congressional HIV Organ ...

Married couple Cam and Krisha Deaver sit down with Deena and Gretchen to talk about the importance of organ donation, and ...

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 ...

She is one of 5,280 kidney failure patients in Hong Kong who have to undergo peritoneal dialysis on a daily basis, but the treatment at home allows her to enjoy daily activities that would ...

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 ...

A kidney transplant gives you a healthy kidney from another person. You may need a transplant if your kidneys work poorly because of diabetes, high blood pressure, or another illness. You need only ...

Not everyone with chronic kidney disease develops kidney failure, but those who do require dialysis or a kidney transplant to ... of dialysis—hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

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 ...

Fluid collection is a common complication after kidney transplantation. Causes of fluid collection are: lymphocele, urine leak, hematoma, and seroma. Fluid collections can be asymptomatic ...

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