… Ms Rose contributed to the study design, data analysis and interpretation, writing of the first
draft, and manuscript revisions. Dr Trouton was the principal investigator on this study and …

Transplantation is the preferred treatment for patients with kidney failure, but the need for
transplantation exceeds the organ supply. Strategies to address the organ shortage include: …

Background Childhood asthma incidence is decreasing in some parts of Europe and North
America. Antibiotic use in infancy has been associated with increased asthma risk. In the …

Donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors are an important source of kidneys for
transplantation, but DCD donor transplantation is less common in the United States than in other …

… cohort study by reviewing the biopsy logbooks between 1 January 1996 and 31 December
2005 to identify all native renal biopsies with a diagnosis of IgA nephropathy (Lee Grade 1 or …

Background Treatment decisions in kidney transplantation requires patients and clinicians
to weigh the benefits and harms of a broad range of medical and surgical interventions, but …

Objectives During the period of June–September 2014, the Northwest Territories (NWT)
experienced its worst wildfire season on record, with prolonged smoke events and poor air …

BACKGROUND: In the nontransplant setting, acute kidney injury (AKI) may lead to chronic
kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease, but the epidemiology of AKI in transplant …

Objectives To determine healthcare service utilisation for cardiorespiratory presentations
and outpatient salbutamol dispensation associated with 2.5 months of severe, unabating …

Strategies to increase expanded criteria donor (ECD) transplantation are needed. We quantified
the extent to which ECD kidneys provide recipients with a lifetime of allograft function by …