Author Interviews, Johns Hopkins, Kidney Disease, Transplantation / 18.12.2018
Study Finds Kidneys With AKI Can Be Safely Transplanted
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Chirag R Parikh, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Director,Division of Nephrology
Professor of Medicine
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland 21287
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: The initial study idea stemmed from our earlier cohort studies of predictors of delayed graft function after kidney transplantation. We previously found that kidneys from donors with Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) were more often discarded than kidneys from donors without AKI, and transplanted donor AKI kidneys were at increased risk for delayed graft function.
It was important to determine whether that increased risk for delayed graft function also translated into worse long-term outcomes for recipients of kidneys from donors with AKI.
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