Evaluation of severity of delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients.

Background: The most common definition of delayed graft function (DGF) relies on dialysis during the first week post-transplant and does not consider DGF severity. The impact of DGF severity on long-term graft outcome remains controversial.

Methods: We analysed 627 deceased-donor kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) transplanted in 2005-2015 at our centre for DGF severity, associated risk factors and long-term consequences of DGF.

TBase - an Integrated Electronic Health Record and Research Database for Kidney Transplant Recipients.

TBase is an electronic health record (EHR) for kidney transplant recipients (KTR) combining automated data entry of key clinical data (e.g., laboratory values, medical reports, radiology and pathology data) via standardized interfaces with manual data entry during routine treatment (e.

The underestimated burden of monogenic kidney disease in adults waitlisted for kidney transplantation.

Purpose: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a major health-care burden. Increasing evidence suggests that a considerable proportion of patients are affected by a monogenic kidney disorder.

Methods: In this study, the kidney transplantation waiting list at the Charité was screened for patients with undetermined cause of CKD.

De-novo malignancies after kidney transplantation: A long-term observational study.

Background: De-novo malignancies after kidney transplantation represent one major cause for mortality after transplantation. However, most of the studies are limited due to small sample size, short follow-up or lack of information about cancer specific mortality.

Methods: This long-term retrospective analysis included all adult patients with complete follow-up that underwent kidney transplantation between 1995 and 2016 at our centre.