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Kidney & Pancreas Transplant News

HLA Antigen Matching Linked With Skin Cancer Risk After Heart, Lung Transplants Rates of de novo skin cancer after lung or heart transplantation are higher when donor and recipient HLA antigens are well matched, a large retrospective study suggests.
Reuters Health Information, February 1, 2019
Experimental Phone App Works With Insulin Pumps to Control Diabetes An artificial pancreas system that uses a smart phone app coupled with a glucose sensor and an insulin pump has shown promise in a preliminary trial in people with type 1 diabetes, researchers report.
Reuters Health Information, January 31, 2019

Kidney Transplant Boosts Survival in Lupus Nephritis
Reuters Health Information, January 23, 2019
Kidney Transplant May Be Appropriate for Some With AL Amyloidosis
Reuters Health Information, January 12, 2019
Four-drug Combo Pill for HIV an Option in Chronic Dialysis Patients
Reuters Health Information, December 21, 2018
AHA 2018 Closing Dialysis Fistula After Transplant Halts Cardiac Remodeling
Medscape Medical News, November 26, 2018

Kidney & Pancreas Transplant Perspective

New RBI for Kidney Allografts: Can It Replace Routine Tests? Dr Desai reviews a study examining the usefulness of a new renal biopsy index (1-RBI). Could it be used in place of invasive routine biopsies in deceased-donor kidney transplant recipients?
Medscape Nephrology, January 14, 2019
The Year's Top 10 Gastroenterology Articles Dr David Johnson comments on the latest recommendations and clinical studies that are reshaping how we treat some of the most common gastrointestinal disorders.
Medscape Gastroenterology, December 19, 2018

POCUS for Catheter Placement: Relevance to Nephrology
Medscape Nephrology, September 14, 2018
Improving Organ Yield With Advanced Hemodynamic Monitoring
Medscape Transplantation, August 24, 2018
Changing the World, One Female Physician at a Time
Medscape Family Medicine, May 29, 2018
Transplantation and Risk for Malignant Melanoma
Medscape Dermatology, January 5, 2018

Journals

Trends Among Kidney Transplant Candidates in the U.S.
American Journal of Transplantation, February 21, 2019
Vitamin D Deficiency and Treatment vs Infection Risk in ESRD
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, February 20, 2019
Excluding Patients From Transplant Due to Social Support
American Journal of Transplantation, February 7, 2019
Novel Biomarker for Acute Rejection After Kidney Transplant
American Journal of Transplantation, January 24, 2019
Generic Sofosbuvir DAAs in HCV-infected Patients With CKD
Liver International, December 31, 2018

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