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 …

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 …

… 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 …

Background. Polyomavirus-associated nephropathy (PVAN) is an important cause of kidney
graft loss but there is no consensus on its management. This study aimed to systematically …

… 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. Peritubular capillary deposition of C4d has been demonstrated to be associated
with both acute humoral and vascular rejection and increased graft loss. Whether it is an …

… John Gill and Nathan Johnson analyzed the data. The data reported here have been
supplied by the United States Renal Data System (USRDS). The interpretation and reporting of …