Anxiety and depression among living kidney donors in tertiary care hospital of low resource country setting Nepal.

Introduction: Kidneys accounted for the majority of transplanted organs worldwide in 2018, according to the Global Observatory on Donation and Transplantation. Living kidney donors continue to have negative psychosocial effects after donation. We aimed to assess anxiety and depression among Nepalese living kidney donors.

Pediatric kidney transplantation in Nepal.

Background: Success in pediatric kidney transplantation is great achievement for the emerging countries. This report is the first of its kind from Nepal. It demonstrates the status of pediatric kidney transplantation in Nepal.

Predictors and outcomes of patients switching from maintenance haemodialysis to peritoneal dialysis in Australia and New Zealand: Strengthening the argument for 'peritoneal dialysis first' policy.

Aims: (1) To determine incidence and reasons for transfer from maintenance haemodialysis (HD) to peritoneal dialysis (PD); (2) To compare mortality of HD patients transferred to PD with those who initiated and remained on PD.

Methods: A 1:2 matched cohort of ANZDATA included patients dialyzing over 3 months dividing into 2 groups. Group A (HD to PD) was compared to group B (initiated and remained on PD) and matched PD group (Group C).