Background: The epidemic of drug overdose deaths in the United States has led to an increase
in organ donors. Objective: To characterize donors who died of overdose and to analyze …

Background Among community-dwelling older adults, frailty is associated with heightened
markers of inflammation and subsequent mortality. Although frailty is common among end-…

Background Frail kidney transplant (KT) recipients may be particularly vulnerable to surgical
stressors, resulting in delirium and subsequent adverse outcomes. We sought to identify the …

The impact of donor quality on post–kidney transplant ( KT ) survival may vary by candidate
condition. Characterizing this variation would increase access to KT without sacrificing …

The practice of kidney paired donation (KPD) is expanding annually, offering the opportunity
for live donor kidney transplant to more patients. We sought to identify if voluntary KPD …

In 2013, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN)/ United Network for
Organ Sharing (UNOS) mandated that transplant centers collect data on living kidney donors (…

Frailty, a measure of physiologic reserve, is associated with poor outcomes and mortality
among kidney transplant (KT) candidates and recipients. There are no national estimates of …

The number of live kidney donors has declined since 2005. This decline parallels the
evolving knowledge of risk for biologically related, black, and younger donors. To responsibly …

Background Previous studies have reported a wide range of prevalence of post-donation
anxiety, depression, and regret in living kidney donors (LKDs). It is also unclear what risk …

Background. Cognitive impairment is common in patients with end-stage renal disease and
is associated with poor outcomes on dialysis. We hypothesized that cognitive impairment …