CNIs remain an important mainstay of immunosuppressive therapy in solid organ transplantation; it is premature to attempt to manage transplant recipients with CNI-avoidance regimens. Medscape Transplantation
Choice of mycophenolate mofetil or azathioprine in renal transplantation can affect long-term outcome. How do they compare in preventing acute rejection in patients receiving ciclosporin microemulsion Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology
Renal transplantation in children poses unique clinical challenges. Immunologic and nonimmunologic events that affect pediatric kidney allograft survival, and optimal immunosuppression are explored. Medscape Transplantation
Program 4 in the series of Patient Simulation programs focuses on identifying complications of RA treatment and on the management of RA medications in the setting of a planned pregnancy. Medscape Rheumatology
The FDA has granted 510(k) clearance for a semirigid annuloplasty ring (ATS Simulus), a nitinol spinal implant (OSSpine), and a hemodialysis system (Allient Sorbent). Medscape Medical News
The investigational drug axitinib has shown activity in a phase 2 trial in cytokine-refractory renal cell carcinoma. Further studies are now in progress. Medscape Medical News
Patients with membranous nephropathy have an increased risk of developing cancer, according to a recent report. Furthermore, "this risk persists for many years after the diagnosis of membranous nephropathy has been made," Dr. Bjarne M. Iversen told Reuters Health. Reuters Health Information
CIN is an important cause of hospital-acquired renal failure, may be a difficult differential diagnosis and the incidence does not appear to have changed over the last few decades. British Journal of Anaesthesia
Large RCTs are powerful entities; not only do they influence clinical practice and impact on clinical practice guidelines, they have the ability to confuse the medical and non-medical commununity. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
George L. Bakris, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago School of Medicine, summarizes key points from the first Cardio Kidney Diabetes (CKD) Global Consensus Conference, 2007. Medscape Nephrology
