Kidney Research UK has revealed that around 100 kidneys could potentially be saved for transplant each year after being retrieved from donors. They looked at three years of data from NHS Blood and Transplant to determine the number of kidneys deemed clinically unsuitable for use.…
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By Roohi Chhabra (Renal SpR ST6) The project is going well. We have collected fresh and effluent dialysate samples from 105 haemodialysis patients and have measured its sodium concentration (using indirect potentiometry/lab method). Dietary assessment of sodium intake has been assessed using food frequency questionnaire…
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Looking at the sodium balance in dialysis patients We are often requested to make observations on clinical studies that can benefit renal patients and these observations can be followed up by grant requests for financial support. One such project was a clinical study with Prof…
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Dr Kerry Rosenberg BSc, MBBS, MRCP, Renal Registrar, Royal Free Hospital is carrying out research into “Dialysis decision making in advanced CKD – examining the experience of BAME patients in the UK”. The perspectives and experiences of people living with kidney disease are invaluable in…
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The University of Exeter is designing a support programme for people who help someone with a kidney condition. What would you want in a programme like this? To take part in their online survey, please click the link below: For more details, please see the…
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The Royal Free Renal Research team invite you to take part in this research trial. This is on top of any vaccination; this does not exclude people who are not vaccinated. This is not a treatment for people WITH COVID but a prophylactic to prevent…
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The Melody study aims to investigate antibody response to vaccination in patients who are receiving immunosuppression. Any adult transplant recipient, who has had, or is about to have, their third COVID-19 vaccine can participate by registering themselves at the trial website. They will then be…
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The NHS recommends that vaccination is the best protection for everyone from severe disease, risk of hospitalisation and death due to COVID-19. There was concern that the vaccine may not be as effective for patients classified as clinically extremely vulnerable from COVID-19 due to underlying…
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Andrew Davenport (Professor of Dialysis & ICU Nephrology, UCL Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, University College London) has supplied a brief article on a research project in which a number of our patients took part: “Kidney dialysis patients are at an increased risk…
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I am Professor Alan Salama, (Professor and Honorary Consultant in Nephrology, Director UCL Department of Renal Medicine, Royal Free Hospital). We are trying at the Royal Free Kidney unit to get greater patient involvement into planning research and organising research priorities. We are trying different…
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