Tag: post-transplant care
Improving HRQoL for kidney transplant recipients is challenging, new research suggests
A new research paper that was recently published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity alongside an accompanying comment article suggest that postoperative diet and exercise...
Post-kidney transplant delirium associated with sevenfold greater risk of dementia
Transplant centres “should be aware” of the cognitive risks associated with post-kidney transplant delirium and should also implement available preventative interventions to reduce delirium...
Registry data highlight long-term trends in haemodialysis access profile of failed...
New findings, recently published in the Journal of Vascular Access (JVA), provide insight into the haemodialysis access profile of failed kidney transplant patients treated in...
UKKW 2022: Study indicates peritoneal dialysis is a safe and effective...
Attendees at this year’s UK Kidney Week (UKKW; 7–9 June, Birmingham, UK) heard that—based on a recent, single-centre study—peritoneal dialysis (PD) appears to be...
Fistula ligation “should become a routine part of post-transplant care”
At this year’s Vascular Access for Hemodialysis Symposium (9–11 June, Charleston, USA), Alexander Toledo (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA) asserted the advantages...