This week is time antibody mediated rejection treatment in kidney transplant. A new molecule targeting CD38, on the horizon, safely tested in a phase 2 trial
The Balance of Giving: Understanding Risks for Living Kidney Donors
🤔 Hypothermia or machine perfusion for kidney transplant?
Hypothermia or Machine Perfusion in Kidney Donors (Malinoski, NEJM 2023)
🤔 Precision diagnostics of kidney allograft biopsies
An automated histological classification system for precision diagnostics of kidney allografts (Yoo, Nature Medicine 2023)
Unlocking the door to living kidney donor paradise?
This week, nephrologists hope they found the key to no-dialysis-land, where kindness and detailed, multistep interventions make the path to kidney transplant much easier. This was foreseen in our Freely Filtered episode and disputed during #KidneyWK 2023 late-breaking clinical trials session. Still, when it comes to RCTs’ results, will it be Deja Vu or a happy ending?
Fluid Wars: Plasmalyte Strikes Back
Patients are given a lot of fluid post-transplant, but which to choose? Catch up on the latest evidence here.
Art of Balance In Preventing Delayed Graft Function - BEST FLUIDS for better outcomes
Giving oral bicarb raises serum bicarb
RCT of PO sodium bicarbonate in patients with renal transplant to see if impacts stability of renal function - catch up here!
A litmus test: Does Sodium Bicarbonate Prevent Graft Function Decline?
TenTweet summary - cardiac testing prior to kidney transplant
It’s a controversial topic: click below to catch-up
Visual Abstract for Pre-Transplant Workup
Does testing for coronary heart disease before kidney transplant improve post transplant outcomes? To know the answer check out the beautiful VAs created by NSMC Interns Renz and Nihal!
Behind the Screen: Cardiac testing before Kidney Transplantation
What is dd-cfDNA and how might it help?
Read the #TenTweetNephJC summary of the ADMIRAL study, examining how dd-cfDNA monitoring may help us manage our patients with renal transplants.
Should we buy what Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA is Selling?
Xenotransplants: The Visual Abstract
The visual abstract for the xenotransplant case report, from Namrata Parikh
Xenotransplantation: The Future is Here-ish
Mythical transplants: Stories of Selfless Sacrifice
The NephJC Summer Book Club: 'When Death Becomes Life'
It’s back! The NephJC Summer Book Club with great read by Joshua Mezrich, When Death Becomes Life, Notes from a Transplant Surgeon. Part history book, part memoir, Mezrich explores the past, future and the current realities of organ transplant through the experiences of the pioneers, recipients, and donors. Join us August third and fourth to chat about this summer’s community read.
