Radical Prostatectomy in Renal Transplant Patients
Friday, 18 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Greater numbers of older men undergo renal transplantation; graft half-life has steadily climbed, so it is inevitable that urologists will see more of these patients who eventually develop prostate cancer.
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Egyptian Report on Risk Factors for Surgical Complications in Live-Donor Pediatric and Adolescent Renal Transplantation
Monday, 14 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Surgical complications represent the most common difficulties after pediatric renal transplantation and may be associated with the greatest morbidity.
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Angiotensin Receptor Antibodies Can Cause Renal Allograft Rejection
Monday, 14 February 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some patients with refractory vascular renal allograft rejection and accelerated hypertension have pathogenic antibodies directed at the angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor, investigators report in the New England Journal of Medicine for February 10.
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Kidney Recipients at Higher Risk of De Novo Renal Cell Cancer in Native Kidneys
Wednesday, 02 February 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Kidney transplant recipients appear to have an increased risk of de novo renal cell carcinoma in their native kidneys, according to a report in the January 15th issue of Cancer.
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Bioartificial Kidney Shows Promise as Treatment for Acute Renal Failure
Tuesday, 09 November 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The initial findings from the first human trial of a bioartificial kidney suggest that the device can safely improve a variety of metabolic disturbances in patients with acute renal failure (ARF).
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EBV Reactivation May Be Linked to Kidney Transplant Rejection
Friday, 05 November 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may play a role in renal allograft rejection, according to German researchers.
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Kidney Transplantation Worth the Wait
Wednesday, 03 November 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Even though patients are waiting longer to receive kidney transplants, those who do receive a transplant live longer than those who remain on dialysis, according to a presentation last weekend at the American Society of Nephrology's 37th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in St. Louis.
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Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Failure in US Doubled in Last Decade
Friday, 08 October 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Between 1990 and 2001, the prevalence of chronic kidney failure in the US rose from 697 to 1424 cases per million population, an increase of 104%, according to a report released Thursday.
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Kidney-Pancreas Transplant Corrects Hemostatic Abnormalities in Uremic Diabetics
Friday, 01 October 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Among uremic patients with type 1 diabetes, multiple hemostatic abnormalities revert to normal after kidney-pancreas transplantation, according to a report in the September issue of Diabetes.
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New Kidney Transplant Guidelines Address Live Organ Donors
Monday, 13 September 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A consensus document outlining new guidelines for kidney transplantation from living donors was presented this week at the 20th International Congress of the Transplantation Society, held in Vienna, Austria.
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Histologic Assessment of Elderly Donor Kidneys for Single and Dual Kidney Transplant Results in Good One Year Graft Function and Survival
Friday, 10 September 2004
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - With both the increasing need for renal transplantation and the increasing age of donors, it is imperative to determine which kidneys are suitable for transplantation.
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Appropriate Care Needed in Kidney Recipients with Diabetes
Thursday, 09 September 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A task force commissioned by the National Kidney Foundation concludes that transplantation offers the best outcome to patients with diabetes and advanced kidney disease, according to the team's report in the September issue of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases. However, a number of problems have to be addressed.
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Partial Nephrectomy for Unilateral Wilms Tumor Should be Selectively Applied
Tuesday, 07 September 2004
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The consensus from an article, Editorial and Letter to the Editor regarding partial nephrectomy and the management of unilateral Wilms tumor is that it has a limited but defined role.
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Azathioprine Contributes to Development of Post-Organ Transplant AML
Monday, 23 August 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Azathioprine immunosuppression after organ transplant is a risk factor for the development of acute myeloid leukemia/myelodysplastic syndrome (AML/MDS), according to a report in the August 1st issue of Blood.
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Statins Curb Kidney Problems in Heart Disease Patients
Friday, 09 July 2004
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with atorvastatin helps maintain creatinine clearance in dyslipidemic patients with coronary heart disease, Greek researchers report in the July issue of the Journal of Clinical Pathology.
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Renal Transplantation, Vascular Disease 
