Donor-Recipient Size Mismatch in Paediatric Renal Transplantation by J. Donati-Bourne, H. W. Roberts, R. A. Coleman

“…End stage renal failure in children is a rare but devastating condition, and kidney transplantation remains the only permanent treatment option. …”
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Successful Treatment of Plasma Cell-Rich Acute Rejection Using Pulse Steroid Therapy Alone: A Case Report by Yo Komatsuzaki, Yasuyuki Nakada, Izumi Yamamoto, Mayuko Kawabe, Takafumi Yamakawa, Ai Katsuma, Haruki Katsumata, Aki Mafune, Akimitsu Kobayashi, Yusuke Koike, Hiroki Yamada, Jun Miki, Yudo Tanno, Ichiro Ohkido, Nobuo Tsuboi, Keitaro Yokoyama, Hiroyasu Yamamoto, Takashi Yokoo

“…A 47-year-old man was admitted for a protocol biopsy three months after kidney transplantation, with a stable serum creatinine level of 1.6 mg/dL. …”
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Innate Immune Response in Kidney Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury: Potential Target for Therapy by Aleksandra Kezić, Natasa Stajic, Friedrich Thaiss

“…Ischemia/reperfusion injury in kidney transplantation causes delayed graft function and is associated with more frequent episodes of acute rejection and progression to chronic allograft nephropathy. …”
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Quality of Life, Depression, and Anxiety in Patients Undergoing Renal Replacement Therapies in Saudi Arabia by Emad Adel Shdaifat

“…Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants comprising hemodialysis (HD), peritoneal dialysis (PD), and kidney transplantation (Tx) patients. They completed the Short Form-36 Survey and the Depression, Anxiety, Stress Scale (DASS). …”
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The Tunnelled Atrial Catheter: A Promising Solution for Vascular Capital Depletion in Dialysis despite Associated Thrombi by Meriam Hajji, Salah Saied, Ikram Mami, Yassine Khadhar, Tasnim Ben Ayed, Imen Gorsane, Fethi Ben Hamida, Jalel Ziadi, Mohamed Karim Zouaghi, Ezzeddine Abderrahim

“…With the limited access to kidney transplantation programs and peritoneal dialysis, exhaustion of vascular access for hemodialysis is an increasingly common situation. …”
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MicroRNAs in Diabetic Kidney Disease by Rong Li, Arthur C. K. Chung, Xueqing Yu, Hui Y. Lan

“…Owing to the lack of effective treatments for diabetic kidney disease, treatment relies on drugs that either reduces its progression or involve renal replacement therapies, such as dialysis and kidney transplantation. It is urgent to search for biomarkers for early diagnosis and effective therapy. …”
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Liver Transplant From a Deceased Donor With Cystinosis: A Case Report by Raeda Taj, Kim Ng, Sanmati R. Cuddapah, Elizabeth B. Rand, Melissa Bleicher, Sandra Amaral, Maarouf A. Hoteit, Rajendar K. Reddy, Eyob Feyssa, Emma E. Furth, Kim M. Olthoff, Samir Abu‐Gazala, Matthew H. Levine, Frederick Vyas, Peter L. Abt

“…The donor was a 20‐year‐old male with infantile cystinosis who had previously undergone two deceased donor kidney transplants. Unfortunately, he incurred cranial trauma, and after careful consideration of the metabolic consequences, his liver was deemed suitable for transplantation. …”
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Lymphocytes as an Indicator for Initial Kidney Function: A Single Center Analysis of Outcome after Alemtuzumab or Basiliximab Induction by Annemarie Weissenbacher, Theresa Hautz, Michael Kimelman, Rupert Oberhuber, Hanno Ulmer, Claudia Bösmüller, Manuel Maglione, Stefan Schneeberger

“…This is a single center retrospective analysis of 225 patients/consecutive kidney transplantations treated with alemtuzumab for lymphocyte depletion and 205 recipients treated with basiliximab. …”
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Urinary Obstruction of Transplanted Kidney Caused by Uterine Adenomyosis and 2-Year Posthysterectomy Psoas Abscess in Conjunction with Transplanted Kidney by Yuta Takezawa, Yoshifumi Kadono, Takahiro Nohara, Atsushi Mizokami

“…She was started on peritoneal dialysis from the age of 26 years and received kidney transplantation from her mother (living donor) at the age of 27 years. …”
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Whole Blood Metabolomic Profiling of Mice with Tacrolimus-Induced Chronic Nephrotoxicity: NAD⁺ Depletion with Salvage Pathway Impairment by Sho Nishida, Tamaki Ishima, Daiki Iwami, Ryozo Nagai, Kenichi Aizawa

“…Tacrolimus (TAC)-induced chronic nephrotoxicity (TAC nephrotoxicity) is a serious issue for long-term graft survival in kidney transplantation. However, the pathophysiology of TAC nephrotoxicity remains unclear. …”
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A Single-Center 7-Year Experience with End-Stage Renal Disease Care in Nigeria—A Surrogate for the Poor State of ESRD Care in Nigeria and Other Sub-Saharan African Countries: Advo... by Datonye Dennis Alasia, Pedro Emem-Chioma, Friday Samuel Wokoma

“…The opportunities for kidney transplantation are also very low. Poverty and the absence of government support for ESRD care are responsible for the poor outcomes. …”
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Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia in Two Immunosuppressed Non-HIV Infected Patients: A Clinical and Therapeutic Analysis by Li W, Hua M, Guo J, Jia W

“…We describe lymphocytopenia in two women who were recently treated with methotrexate, tacrolimus, and corticosteroids for immunosuppressive therapy following adjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer and kidney transplantation. The initial examination included a high-resolution chest CT indicating atypical pneumonia, and treatment was initiated with trimethoprim - sulfamethoxazole and oxygen support. …”
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The Utility of Intraoperative Near Infrared Fluorescence (NIR) Imaging with Indocyanine Green (ICG) for the Assessment of Kidney Allograft Perfusion by Edwin Jonathan Aslim, Fang Jann Lee, Valerie Huei Li Gan

“…In this study we evaluated the utility of NIR/ICG fluorescence imaging in kidney transplantation. Materials and Methods. NIR/ICG imaging was used to assess allograft perfusion in n=1 living donor (LDRT) and n=2 deceased donor (DDRT) renal transplantations, performed in February 2017. …”
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Risk Balancing of Cold Ischemic Time against Night Shift Surgery Possibly Reduces Rates of Reoperation and Perioperative Graft Loss by Nikos Emmanouilidis, Julius Boeckler, Bastian P. Ringe, Alexander Kaltenborn, Frank Lehner, Hans Friedrich Koch, Jürgen Klempnauer, Harald Schrem

“…Methods. 1262 deceased donor kidney transplantations were analyzed. Multivariable regression was used to determine odds ratios (ORs) for reoperation, graft loss, delayed graft function (DGF), and discharge on dialysis. …”
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Electroconvulsive Therapy in a Renal Transplantation Patient: A Rare Combination of Disease and Treatment by Giovanni Malaty, Kerilyn Godbe, Mehdi Elmouchtari, Gurjot Malhi, Justin White, Azziza Bankole, Tracey Criss

“…While several reports highlight the safety of this treatment in heart and liver transplantation patients, there is a relative lack of literature detailing the safety profile of ECT in an individual with recent kidney transplantation. Here, we explore the case of a patient with a recent renal transplant secondary to diabetes-related end-stage renal disease (ESRD) who underwent a successful course of ECT treatment. …”
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The Utility of Routine Ultrasound Imaging after Elective Transplant Ureteric Stent Removal by Bibek Das, Dorian Hobday, Jonathon Olsburgh, Chris Callaghan

“…Ureteric stent insertion during kidney transplantation reduces the incidence of major urological complications (MUCs). …”
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Cytokine Storm in COVID-19 Patients, Its Impact on Organs and Potential Treatment by QTY Code-Designed Detergent-Free Chemokine Receptors by Mujahed I. Mustafa, Abdelrahman H. Abdelmoneim, Eiman M. Mahmoud, Abdelrafie M. Makhawi

“…The novel coronavirus is not only causing respiratory problems, but it may also damage the heart, kidneys, liver, and other organs; in Wuhan, 14 to 30% of COVID-19 patients have lost their kidney function and now require either dialysis or kidney transplants. The novel coronavirus gains entry into humans by targeting the ACE2 receptor that found on lung cells, which destroy human lungs through cytokine storms, and this leads to hyperinflammation, forcing the immune cells to destroy healthy cells. …”
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Systemic and Nonrenal Adverse Effects Occurring in Renal Transplant Patients Treated with mTOR Inhibitors by Gianluigi Zaza, Paola Tomei, Paolo Ria, Simona Granata, Luigino Boschiero, Antonio Lupo

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To Determine Factors Causing Difficulty in Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy – Prospective Analytic Study by Manoj Kumar Dokania, Anshu, Peeyush Kumar, Gyan Ranjan, Nitin Agarwal, Hemant Kumar Goel, Atul Jain

“…Second, the kidneys obtained through laparoscopic donor nephrectomy should provide recipients of kidney transplants with excellent short- and long-term renal function. …”
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Validation of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation in the Colombian Population by C. Larrarte, J. Vesga, F. Ardila, A. Aldana, D. Perea, M. Sanabria

“…External validation study of a kidney failure risk equation using a historical cohort of patients with CKD stages 3, 4, and 5, adults without a history of dialysis or kidney transplantation with a two-year follow-up, belonging to the Baxter Renal Care Services Colombia network. …”
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