It remains unclear whether preemptive transplantation is beneficial, and if so, who benefits.
A total of 38,836 first, kidney-only transplants between 1995 and 1998 were retrospectively …

BACKGROUND: More than half the newly wait-listed patients for kidney transplantation in
2005 were older than 50 years, and 13% were older than 65 years. As waiting times for a …

The worldwide burden of kidney disease is rising, but public awareness remains limited,
underscoring the need for more effective communication by stakeholders in the kidney health …

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major risk factor for coronary artery disease (CAD). As well
as their high prevalence of traditional CAD risk factors, such as diabetes and hypertension…

RESULTS Among the 21,546 adult recipients of a first kidney only transplant who did not
have diabetes and had Medicare as their primary payer during the study period, we excluded …

Background Young women wishing to become living kidney donors frequently ask whether
nephrectomy will affect their future pregnancies. Methods We conducted a retrospective …

… Author links open overlay panel John S. … Gill is supported by a grant from the Kidney
Foundation of Canada. Dr. Abichandani was supported by a grant from the NIH (NIH-T32 DK07777). …

ABSTRACT. Long-term kidney allograft survival continues to remain an elusive goal. Kidney
transplant recipients are believed to be at high risk for loss of allograft function, and new, …

… All analyses were performed using SAS 9.1 (SAS Institute, Cary, NC), and figures were
produced using S-Plus 7.0 (Insightful Corp, Seattle, WA). … Johnston O, Ghadder S, Rose C …

The optimal strategy for cardiovascular (CV) disease surveillance in kidney transplant
candidates is uncertain. In this observational study of 604 wait-listed patients in British Columbia, …