Stuart M. Greenstein

TL;DR: Pamidronate treatment was associated with development of adynamic bone histology and whether an improved BMD with adynamicBone histology is useful in maintaining long-term bone health in renal transplant recipients requires further study.

TL;DR: Results of this large, multicenter survey designed to identify variables that affect the likelihood of compliance with immunosuppressive medication regimens and distinguish among noncompliant patients can be used by clinicians to identify patients likely to becomeNoncompliant, by researchers to develop randomized, prospective clinical trials of interventions designed to increase compliance, and by educators to tailor patient education programs.

TL;DR: In multivariable analysis, older age, receipt of deceased-donor transplantation, lack of influenza vaccination in the previous year and higher serum interleukine-6 levels were associated with mortality.

TL;DR: Compared with operation, PTA is a safer and more effective procedure for the initial treatment of RTAS and in patients with functioning kidneys at a mean follow-up period of 30 months.

TL;DR: Findings revealed that 96 (18%) of the transplant recipients had been noncompliant with immunosuppressive medications, including African-American patients, which challenge conventional thinking.