Patricia Nogueira de Sa , Mohanram Narayanan , Mary Ann C. Lim
{"title":"Electrolyte and Acid-Base Abnormalities After Kidney Transplantation","authors":"Patricia Nogueira de Sa , Mohanram Narayanan , Mary Ann C. Lim","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.03.007","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Kidney transplantation is the optimal therapeutic approach for individuals with end-stage kidney disease. The Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients has reported a continuous rise in the total number of kidney transplants performed in the United States, with 25,500 new kidney recipients in 2022 alone. Despite an improved glomerular filtration rate, the post-transplant period introduces a unique set of electrolyte abnormalities that differ from those encountered in chronic kidney disease. A variety of factors contribute to the high prevalence of hypomagnesemia, hyperkalemia, metabolic acidosis, hypercalcemia, and hypophosphatemia seen after kidney transplantation. These include the degree of allograft function, immunosuppressive medications and their diverse mechanisms of action, and metabolic changes after transplant. This article aims to provide a comprehensive review of the key aspects surrounding the most commonly encountered electrolyte and acid-base abnormalities in the post-transplant setting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 5","pages":"Pages 450-457"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122566","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biomarkers in Kidney Transplantation","authors":"Ashish Kataria , Akshay Athreya , Gaurav Gupta","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.06.001","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.06.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Currently in the United States, there are more than 250,000 patients with a functioning kidney allograft and over 100,000 waitlisted patients awaiting kidney transplant, with a burgeoning number added to the kidney transplant wait list every year. Although early post-transplant care is delivered at the transplant center, the increasing number of kidney transplant recipients requires general nephrologists to actively participate in the long-term care of these patients. Serum creatinine and proteinuria are imperfect traditional biomarkers of allograft dysfunction and lag behind subclinical allograft injury. This manuscript reviews the various clinically available biomarkers in the field of kidney transplantation for a general nephrologist with a focus on the utility of donor-derived cell-free DNA, as a marker of early allograft injury. Blood gene expression profiling, initially studied in the context of early identification of subclinical rejection, awaits validation in larger multicentric trials. Urinary cellular messenger ribonucleic acid and chemokine CXCL10 hold promising potential for early diagnosis of both subclinical and acute rejection. Torque tenovirus, a ubiquitous DNA virus is emerging as a biomarker of immunosuppression exposure as peripheral blood torque tenovirus copy numbers might mirror the intensity of host immunosuppression. Although high-quality evidence is still being generated, evidence and recommendations are provided to aid the general nephrologist in implementation of novel biomarkers in their clinical practice.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 5","pages":"Pages 427-435"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Scott G. Westphal, Bassam G. Abu Jawdeh, Anju Yadav
{"title":"The Kidney Transplant Journey: Passing the Baton From Transplant Nephrologists to Referring Nephrologist","authors":"Scott G. Westphal, Bassam G. Abu Jawdeh, Anju Yadav","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 5","pages":"Pages 385-386"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Brian Benes, Eric D. Langewisch, Scott G. Westphal
{"title":"Kidney Transplant Candidacy: Addressing Common Medical and Psychosocial Barriers to Transplant","authors":"Brian Benes, Eric D. Langewisch, Scott G. Westphal","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Improving access to kidney transplants remains a priority for the transplant community. However, many medical, psychosocial, geographic, and socioeconomic barriers exist that prevent or delay transplantation for candidates with certain conditions. There is a lack of consensus regarding how to best approach many of these issues and barriers, leading to heterogeneity in transplant centers’ management and acceptance practices for a variety of pretransplant candidate issues. In this review, we address several of the more common contemporary patient medical and psychosocial barriers frequently encountered by transplant programs. The barriers discussed here include kidney transplant candidates with obesity, older age, prior malignancy, cardiovascular disease, history of nonadherence, and cannabis use. Improving understanding of how to best address these specific issues can empower referring providers, transplant programs, and patients to address these issues as necessary to progress toward eventual successful transplantation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 5","pages":"Pages 387-399"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Approach to Kidney Allograft Dysfunction: A Brief Review","authors":"Kanza Haq , Anju Yadav , Christina Mejia","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.06.002","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.06.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>It is important for providers caring for kidney transplant recipients to be familiar with the common causes of allograft dysfunction. Early detection of allograft dysfunction leads to timely management, with the goal of preventing or delaying progression to allograft failure. Although transplant rejection is always a concern, the differential diagnoses for allograft dysfunction are broad and include perioperative complications, infections, recurrent disease, and calcineurin nephrotoxicity. In this review, we will go over early and late causes of allograft dysfunction and discuss the basic workup and principles of management for each condition.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 5","pages":"Pages 416-426"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122567","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Coronavirus Disease 2019 in Kidney Transplantation – A 2024 Update","authors":"Bassam G. Abu Jawdeh , Holenarasipur R. Vikram","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.03.004","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.03.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 has led to the death of about 7 million people worldwide. When infected, older individuals and those with diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and compromised immune system are at higher risk for unfavorable outcomes. These comorbidities are prevalent in kidney transplant candidates and recipients making them inherently vulnerable to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, hence, the significant burden the pandemic has exerted on kidney transplant programs. With the swift discovery and wide-scale availability of vaccines and therapeutics against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, the pandemic is currently behind us allowing transplant programs to relieve their restrictions and resume normal pre-COVID-19 operations. In the aftermath of the pandemic, we discuss the implications for immunosuppression and vaccination, COVID-19–induced kidney injury phenotypes and long COVID-19 symptoms. We also discuss some of the operational aspects the pandemic brought about – mainly the utilization of telemedicine – that are now here to stay.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 5","pages":"Pages 458-465"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Approach to Late Noninfectious Post-Transplant Complications","authors":"Sami Alasfar, Hay Me Me, Pooja Budhiraja","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.05.005","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.05.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The management of noninfectious complications in kidney transplant recipients includes a broad spectrum of conditions, including metabolic issues, cardiovascular diseases, and malignancies, each presenting unique challenges for nephrologists managing these patients. Unlike infectious complications, these noninfectious issues require nuanced, multidisciplinary approaches for prevention, diagnosis, and management, emphasizing the need for personalized care plans. Cardiovascular disease is particularly significant, standing as the primary cause of death post-transplantation, with recent data indicating an overtaking of cancer death rates over infections among kidney transplant recipients. The intricacies of managing these patients, influenced by the burden of kidney disease and immunosuppression, highlight the importance of a collaborative care model. Although nephrologists may not directly treat all these conditions, their understanding of the unique aspects of transplant recipients is crucial. They play a pivotal role in coordinating care with specialists such as cardiologists, endocrinologists, hematologists, and oncologists, ensuring comprehensive management that addresses these specific post-transplant complications. This review discusses the epidemiology, underlying mechanisms, clinical manifestations, and management strategies of various noninfectious complications post-kidney transplant, with a focus on cardiovascular, metabolic, oncologic, and hematologic complications.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 5","pages":"Pages 436-449"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122568","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katafan A. Achkar , Lama M. Abdelnour , Bassam G. Abu Jawdeh , Ekamol Tantisattamoa , Fawaz Al Ammary
{"title":"Evaluation and Long-Term Follow-Up of Living Kidney Donors","authors":"Katafan A. Achkar , Lama M. Abdelnour , Bassam G. Abu Jawdeh , Ekamol Tantisattamoa , Fawaz Al Ammary","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.04.003","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.04.003","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The evaluation of living kidney donor candidates is a complex and lengthy process. Donor candidates face geographic and socioeconomic barriers to completing donor evaluation. Inequities in access to living donations persist. With a growing demand for kidney transplants and a shortage of living donors, transplant centers are more permissive of accepting less-than-ideal donor candidates. Donors have an increased lifetime risk of kidney failure, but the absolute risk increase is small. Efforts are needed to support donor candidates to complete donor nephrectomy safely and efficiently and receive optimal follow-up care to prevent risk factors for kidney disease and detect complications early. In this article, the authors address key elements of donor kidney evaluation, including current living donation policy requirements and transplant center practices. The authors present a simplified comprehensive practical approach to help guide providers in completing donor evaluation and follow-up care with best outcomes possible.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 5","pages":"Pages 400-407"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2949813924000739/pdfft?md5=95256588bf60e85ca91544b9c6c1f540&pid=1-s2.0-S2949813924000739-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142122449","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sabine Karam , Amit Kaushal , Nabil Abu Amer , Virginie Royal , Abhijat KItchlu
{"title":"Non-Immunoglobulin Amyloidosis-Mediated Kidney Disease: Emerging Understanding of Underdiagnosed Entities","authors":"Sabine Karam , Amit Kaushal , Nabil Abu Amer , Virginie Royal , Abhijat KItchlu","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.02.001","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.02.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Amyloidosis is a complex group of rare disorders characterized by the deposition of misfolded proteins in the extracellular space of various tissues and organs, leading to progressive organ dysfunction. The kidneys constitute a very common site affected, most notably by immunoglobulin-mediated (light chain, heavy chain, and light and heavy chain amyloidosis), but other types that include serum amyloid A (AA) amyloidosis and leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 amyloidosis, along with mutant proteins in several hereditary forms of amyloidosis such as transthyretin, fibrinogen α-chain, gelsolin, lysozyme, and apolipoproteins AI/AII/AIV/CII/CIII amyloidosis have been incriminated as well. The clinical presentation is variable and can range from minimal proteinuria for leukocyte chemotactic factor 2 amyloidosis to a full-blown nephrotic syndrome for AA amyloidosis. Clinical correlation, genetic analysis, and adequate tissue typing through a kidney biopsy are essential to make the correct diagnosis, especially when a family history of amyloidosis is absent. Except for AA and transthyretin amyloidosis, the treatment is usually purely supportive. Kidney transplantation is an acceptable form of treatment for end-stage kidney disease in all types of non-Ig-mediated renal amyloidosis.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 4","pages":"Pages 334-345"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141861789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joyita Bharati , Dia Rose Waguespack , Laurence H. Beck Jr.
{"title":"Membranous Nephropathy: Updates on Management","authors":"Joyita Bharati , Dia Rose Waguespack , Laurence H. Beck Jr.","doi":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.04.004","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.akdh.2024.04.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Membranous nephropathy is a major etiology of nephrotic syndrome in adults and less frequently in children. Circulating antibodies to intrinsic podocyte antigens, such as M-type phospholipase A2 receptor, or to extrinsic proteins accumulate beneath the podocyte to cause damage via complement activation and/or other mechanisms. The availability of clinical testing for autoantibodies to M-type phospholipase A2 receptor has allowed noninvasive diagnosis of this form of membranous nephropathy and a means to monitor immunologic activity to guide immunosuppressive therapy. Treatment of membranous nephropathy includes optimal supportive care with renin-angiotensin-system blockers, lipid-lowering agents, diuretics, lifestyle changes, and additional immunosuppressive therapy in patients with an increased risk of progression to kidney failure. Rituximab has been recognized as a first-line immunosuppressive therapy for most membranous nephropathy patients with an increased risk of progressive disease, except those with life-threatening nephrotic syndrome or rapidly deteriorating kidney function from membranous nephropathy. This article discusses the major and minor antigens described in membranous nephropathy, the natural history of the disease, and guidelines for clinical management and immunosuppressive treatment.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":72096,"journal":{"name":"Advances in kidney disease and health","volume":"31 4","pages":"Pages 299-308"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141861787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}