Current practices in prevention, screening, and treatment of diabetes in kidney transplant recipients: European survey highlights from the ERA DESCARTES Working Group.

Background: Although post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) is a common complication after kidney transplantation, there are few data on prevention, optimal screening, and treatment strategies.

Methods: The European Renal Association's DESCARTES working group distributed a web-based survey to European transplant centres to gather information on risk assessment, screening procedures, and management practices for preventing and treating PTDM in kidney transplant recipients.

Results: Answers were obtained from 121/241 transplant centres (50%) across 15 European countries.

Anti-HLA Class II Antibodies Are the Most Resistant to Desensitization in Crossmatch-positive Living-donor Kidney Transplantations: A Patient Series.

Background: In HLA-incompatible kidney transplantation, the efficacy of desensitization in terms of anti-HLA antibody kinetics is not well characterized. We present an overview of the course of anti-HLA antibodies throughout plasma exchange (PE) desensitization in a series of crossmatch-positive patients.

Methods: All consecutive candidates in the Dutch HLA-incompatible kidney transplantation program between November 2012 and January 2022 were included.

Transplant Candidates of 70+ Years Have Superior Survival If Receiving Pre-Emptively a Living Donor Kidney.

: The number of kidney transplant recipients over 70 years of age is increasing but detailed data on patient and graft survival in the modern era of immune suppression are few. : A single-center cohort of patients of 70 years and older (n = 349) at time of kidney transplantation from 2010-2020 were followed until January 2023. : The median age was 73 years with a median follow-up of 4.

The ENCEVIS algorithm in the EMU and the factors affecting its performance: Our experience.

The study's purpose was to assess the seizure detection performance of ENCEVIS 1.7, identify factors that may influence algorithm performance, and explore its potential for implementation and application in long-term video EEG monitoring units. The study included video-EEG recordings containing at least one epileptic seizure.

Mycophenolate mofetil hampers antibody responses to a broad range of vaccinations in kidney transplant recipients: Results from a randomized controlled study.

Objectives: To study the effect of mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on various vaccination responses in kidney transplant recipients.

Methods: In a randomized controlled trial (EudraCT nr.: 2014-001372-66), low immunologically risk kidney transplant recipients were randomized to TAC/MMF or TAC-monotherapy (TACmono), six months post-transplantation.