Promising Outcomes Seen for Living Kidney Donors With HIV
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Outcomes are encouraging for the first three living kidney donors with HIV, according to research published online July 24 in The Lancet Regional Health: Americas.In a prospective study, Christine M. Durand, M…
Learn MoreRace-Specific Approach to Spirometry Disadvantages Black Patients
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A race-specific approach to spirometry interpretation results in a lower lung allocation score (LAS) for Black patients and a higher LAS for White patients, according to a study published online May 26 in t…
Learn MoreRacial Disparities Seen Among Hospitalized Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis
WEDNESDAY, July 26, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Among individuals hospitalized with decompensated cirrhosis, racial and ethnic disparities in the use of complex life-saving procedures and mortality persist, according to a study published online July 20 i…
Learn MoreTechnical Variant Graft Usage Affects Pediatric Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality
FRIDAY, July 21, 2023 (HealthDay News) — For pediatric liver transplant (LT) candidates, higher technical variant graft (TVG; including living donor [LD] and deceased donor split/partial grafts) usage is associated with lower waitlist (WL) mortality,…
Learn MoreMuchos hospitales no hacen caso a las directrices de las listas de espera de trasplantes de órganos: estudio
LUNES, 12 de junio de 2023 (HealthDay News) — Muchos centros de trasplantes se “saltan la lista” de forma rutinaria, es decir, pasan por alto al candidato principal entre los receptores de órganos potenciales, en favor de alguien que está más abajo e…
Learn MoreLetermovir Noninferior for CMV Prophylaxis in Kidney Recipients
TUESDAY, June 13, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Letermovir is noninferior to valganciclovir for prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) among CMV-seronegative kidney transplant recipients who receive an organ from a CMV-seropositive donor, according to a study…
Learn MoreMany Hospitals Ignore Directives of Organ Transplant Waiting Lists: Study
MONDAY, June 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Many transplant centers routinely practice “list-diving,” when the top candidate among potential organ recipients is skipped in favor of someone further down the list, new research shows.The top candidate is r…
Learn MoreSurvival Noninferior With Heart Donated After Circulatory Death
FRIDAY, June 9, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Risk-adjusted survival at six months after transplantation is noninferior for patients receiving a heart after the circulatory death of a donor or after brain death of a donor, according to a study published in…
Learn MoreNew Approach to Transplants Could Boost Supply of Donor Hearts
THURSDAY, June 8, 2023 (HealthDay News) — A new transplant method that “reanimates” donor hearts appears safe and effective, a new clinical trial has found — in an advance that could substantially expand the supply of donor hearts available in the Un…
Learn MoreLung Transplants From COVID-19-Positive Donors May Be Feasible
MONDAY, May 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Carefully selected lung transplants from COVID-19-positive donors have similar early posttransplant outcomes as transplants from COVID-19-negative donors, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of…
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