Although acute kidney injury donor kidney procurement is on the rise, many AKI kidneys are discarded, despite evidence of success; researchers urge changes to the kidney donor scoring system.
THINKER-NEXT trial aims to determine the risks and benefits of transplanting kidneys from hepatitis C-infected donors into hepatitis C-negative recipients.
A National Kidney Foundation and American Society of Nephrology task force endorsed a new eGFR equation that drops race adjustment. Data now show it works fine in a Kidney Failure Risk Equation.
Pediatric patients whose first kidney transplant is from a live donor show improved life years over those whose first kidney transplant is a deceased donor.