Survival for waitlisted kidney failure patients receiving transplantation versus remaining on waiting list: systematic review and meta-analysis

D Chaudhry, A Chaudhry, J Peracha, A Sharif - bmj, 2022 - bmj.com
Objectives To investigate the survival benefit of transplantation versus dialysis for waitlisted
kidney failure patients with a priori stratification. Design Systematic review and meta …

Health-related quality of life is linked to the gut microbiome in kidney transplant recipients

JC Swarte, TJ Knobbe, JR Björk, R Gacesa… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Kidney transplant recipients (KTR) have impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and
suffer from intestinal dysbiosis. Increasing evidence shows that gut health and HRQoL are …

Characterization of transplant center decisions to allocate kidneys to candidates with lower waiting list priority

KL King, SA Husain, M Yu, JT Adler, J Schold… - JAMA network …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Allocation of deceased donor kidneys is meant to follow a ranked match-run list
of eligible candidates, but transplant centers with a 1-to-1 relationship with their local organ …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing quality of life in solid organ transplant recipients: a systematic review of the development, content, and quality of available condition-and transplant …

B Rimmer, R Jenkins, S Russell, D Craig, L Sharp… - Transplantation …, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose We aimed to identify the condition-and transplant-specific patient-reported outcome
measures (PROMs) available to measure quality of life (QoL) in solid organ transplant (SOT) …

Peritoneal dialysis for potential kidney transplant recipients: pride or prejudice?

L Nardelli, A Scalamogna, P Messa, M Gallieni… - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Kidney transplantation (KT) is recognized as the gold-standard of treatment for patients with
end-stage renal disease. Additionally, it has been demonstrated that receiving a pre-emptive …

[HTML][HTML] Prevalence of Family Refusal and Associated Factors in Declared Brain Death: A Six-Year Retrospective Study in Northern Cyprus

N Bayraktar - Transplantation Proceedings, 2023 - Elsevier
Kidney transplantation provides a higher quality of life, a longer life expectancy for end-
stage renal disease patients, and a lower cost than other treatments. Unfortunately, organ …

Effect of vitamin K on improving post‑kidney transplant outcomes: a meta‑analysis

Z Sun, K Zhu, G Liang, F Yan… - Experimental and …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
The effect of vitamin K on clinical outcomes in patients receiving kidney transplantation is
contested according to previous studies. This meta-analysis aimed to summarize the impact …

Health-related quality of life and symptom burden in patients on haemodialysis

M van Oevelen, AA Bonenkamp… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Patients on haemodialysis (HD) generally experience poor health-related
quality of life (HRQoL) and a broad range of physical and mental symptoms, but it is …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding health-related quality of life in kidney transplant recipients: the role of symptom experience and illness perceptions

Y Wang, P Van Der Boog… - Transplant …, 2023 - frontierspartnerships.org
The purpose of our article is to investigate the impact of symptom experience on health
related quality of life (HRQOL) in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) and whether illness …

Effect of an exercise intervention or combined exercise and diet intervention on health-related quality of life-physical functioning after kidney transplantation: the Active …

TJ Knobbe, D Kremer, DM Zelle, G Klaassen… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Robust evidence for interventions to improve health-related quality of life
(HRQoL) in people who receive a kidney transplant is scarce. We aimed to assess the …