Deceased donor urinary Dickkopf-3 associates with future allograft function following kidney transplantation.

Predicting future kidney allograft function is challenging. Novel biomarkers, such as urinary Dickkopf-3 (uDKK3), may help guide donor selection and improve allograft outcomes. In this prospective multicenter pilot trial, we investigated whether donor uDKK3 reflects organ quality and is associated with future allograft function.

[Contrast media use in kidney disease - clinical practice recommendations].

Contrast media use in patients with renal disease regularly ensures discussions in everyday clinical practice. Both X-ray and MRI contrast media are predominantly eliminated by the kidneys and therefore closely linked to kidney function. Risk stratification prior to contrast media use in patients with pre-existing renal dysfunction should be based on eGFR-determination.

[West-Nile-Virus Infection acquired in Germany in a Kidney Transplant Recipient].

Background: West-Nile-Virus (WNV) is a widely distributed flavivirus that is mainly transmitted between birds through different mosquito species (e. g. Culex, Aedes), but may also be transmitted to mammals including humans.

STABIL-study: The Course of Therapy, Safety and Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Conversion of Prograf® to Tacrolimus HEXAL®/Crilomus® in Renal Transplant Recipients - an Observational Study in Germany.

Background/objective: Tacrolimus HEXAL®/Crilomus® is an approved generic immunosuppressant for the prevention and treatment of rejection following renal transplantation. For safe and socioeconomically efficient conversion of the innovator into a generic formulation, high- -quality data are necessary, in view of the different and country-specific comorbidities and pharmacokinetics in kidney transplant recipients.

Patients And Methods: From 2014 to 2017, we enrolled 32 kidney transplant recipients, receiving newly prescribed Tacrolimus HEXAL®/Crilomus® in 5 German centers.

Minimally invasive robotic versus conventional open living donor kidney transplantation.

Purpose: First robotic-assisted kidney transplants (RAKT) were performed in Germany in 2016. To introduce and establish this method as a routine procedure for patients in transplantation medicine, our 2-year experiences are presented.

Methods: Non-randomized open-label cohort study to compare functional and operative results as well as complication rates between RAKT and standard open transplantation.

Influence of SPRINT Study Type Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurements on Hypertension Diagnosis in Kidney Transplant Patients.

Background/aims: We compare conventional office blood pressure measurements with automated SPRINT-study type readings in kidney transplant recipients in order to determine the impact of the white coat effect in a prospective observational study.

Methods: Adult patients with a functional renal transplant not dependent on dialysis were eligible. Readings were taken in the office in presence of the physician with an oscillometric method.