ALLMedicine™ Renal Transplant Center

Jun 25th, 2022 - Despite an expected increase in prostate cancer (PCa) incidence in the renal transplant recipient (RTR) population in the near future, robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) in these patients has been poorly detailed. It is not well understoo...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Genetic variation in the region of MYH9 and APOL1, located on chromosome 22, is a major contributor to the increased risk for kidney disease that characterizes African descent populations, although the specific gene, causative mutations, and the m...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The study will involve two arms: a resistive blanket warming system arm and a forced air warming system arm. Both devices will be set to warm the participant at a standard 41 degrees Celsius when the participant is to be rewarmed. During the study...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Cryptococcus is a fungus that causes infections most commonly in immunocompromised patients, such as those with AIDS and solid organ transplant recipients, particularly renal transplant recipients (1-3). However, approximately one-third of cases f...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are numerous and prescribed, depending on the molecule, once a week to once a month. They have improved the management of pre-dialysis patients, increased their hemoglobin and decreased transfusion needs, i...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Genetic variation in the region of MYH9 and APOL1, located on chromosome 22, is a major contributor to the increased risk for kidney disease that characterizes African descent populations, although the specific gene, causative mutations, and the m...

Jun 24th, 2022 - The study will involve two arms: a resistive blanket warming system arm and a forced air warming system arm. Both devices will be set to warm the participant at a standard 41 degrees Celsius when the participant is to be rewarmed. During the study...

Jun 24th, 2022 - Cryptococcus is a fungus that causes infections most commonly in immunocompromised patients, such as those with AIDS and solid organ transplant recipients, particularly renal transplant recipients (1-3). However, approximately one-third of cases f...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESAs) are numerous and prescribed, depending on the molecule, once a week to once a month. They have improved the management of pre-dialysis patients, increased their hemoglobin and decreased transfusion needs, i...

Jun 16th, 2022 - The purpose of this study is to evaluate if TCD601 can induce allogeneic tolerance in de novo living donor renal transplant recipients

Jan 5th, 2022 - Liver or kidney transplant recipients who are HIV-positive show outcomes that are similar to those without HIV at 15-years post-transplant, in new research that represents some of the longest follow-up on these patients to date. The findings furth...

Oct 29th, 2021 - Mrs. C, age 68, is experiencing worsening paranoid delusions.

Jun 21st, 2021 - Diuretic use following kidney transplant significantly increases the risk of patients developing diabetes, potentially leading to serious complications including graft loss, one of the first studies to evaluate the use of diuretics in renal transp...

Jan 11th, 2021 - A study published in the journal  Transplantation  indicates that patients in the UK awaiting renal transplant have a significantly higher incidence of COVID-19, but transplant recipients are likely to have more severe disease and higher mortality.

Nov 24th, 2020 - Rana L. Awdish, MD, MS Healthcare as an industry depends on the altruism of its doctors and nurses — and we willingly give of ourselves each day, prioritizing patient needs above our own. To honor this, organizations should aspire to be as generou...