Nephrology

When to Treat Kidney Transplant Patients Who Have HCV

10/10/2022

In this podcast, Ahmed A. Awan, MD, from Baylor College of Medicine, discusses when a specialist should treat a patient with hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection who is also a kidney transplant patient, survival advantages of a kidney transplantation among patients with HCV, and more.

Ahmed A. Awan, MD, is an assistant professor in the Division of Abdominal Transplantation at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

 

Reference:

Awan AA, Jadoul M, Martin P. Hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease: an overview of the KDIGO guideline [published online July 31, 2019]. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. doi:10.1016/j.cgh.2019.07.050.

 

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