The traditional way to treat people with advanced kidney disease has been to use dialysis to remove waste from the blood while patients wait several years for kidneys from deceased organ donors. At ...

Several factors may decrease a child's chances of receiving a living-donor kidney transplant, a mixed-methods study found. In a review of 93 pediatric kidney transplants, the following patient ...

Participants in a recent conference convened by the National Kidney Foundation have examined how to increase the use of pre-emptive kidney transplantation for patients with advanced chronic kidney ...

“It's a gift like no other,” said Gill. “Knowing that they've helped sustain someone's life has been shown to have a very ...

"If you're interested in living donation, we'd love to hear from you. A preemptive transplant before someone even needs dialysis is associated with the best outcomes we see in kidney transplant ...

Acyclovir 400–800 mg p.o. b.i.d. Valacyclovir 500 mg p.o. b.i.d. Famciclovir 500 mg p.o. b.i.d. Acyclovir 400 mg p.o. t.i.d. Valacyclovir 1 g p.o. b.i.d ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV), a beta-herpesvirus capable of maintaining lifelong latency, presents a substantial risk to transplant recipients, resulting in significant morbidity and mortality among both ...