Should Kidney Transplants Be Offered to Undocumented Immigrants? Should Kidney Transplants Be Offered to Undocumented Immigrants?
' All in all, [recent] studies, along with ours, call into question the long-held belief that undocumented immigrants have worse [kidney] transplant outcomes, ' say the authors of a new study.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 15, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
Kidney Transplant Less Likely in Adults With Developmental Disabilities
(MedPage Today) -- Despite similar kidney transplant outcomes, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) were less likely than the general population to be evaluated for transplant and less likely to receive one, a propensity... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - February 15, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
New way to reduce progression of diabetic kidney disease discovered
A new way to reduce progression of diabetic kidney disease, affecting 40% of people with diabetes, has been discovered by scientists. The University of Bristol-led study published today [7 February] in JCI Insight, could help the 4.8 million people in the UK with diabetes who are four times more likely to need either dialysis or a kidney transplant. (Source: University of Bristol news)
Source: University of Bristol news - February 7, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Health, Research; Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Translational Health Sciences; Press Release Source Type: news
Chilling Donors Not as Good as Machine Perfusion for Kidney Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- Therapeutic hypothermia of donors didn't preserve kidney function as well as machine perfusion of the organ during cold storage, a randomized trial found.
Compared with kidneys pumped with a non-oxygenated, cold dialysate after... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - February 3, 2023 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Machine Perfusion of Kidneys Protects Against Delayed Graft Function
THURSDAY, Feb. 2, 2023 -- For brain-dead organ donors, therapeutic hypothermia is inferior to machine perfusion of the kidneys for reducing delayed graft function after transplantation, according to a study published in the Feb. 2 issue of the New... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 2, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Mannitol for Prevention of AKI After Liver Transplantation Mannitol for Prevention of AKI After Liver Transplantation
Acute kidney injury is a common complication after liver transplantation. Might mannitol, an oxygen free radical scavenger, reduce the risk?BMC Anesthesiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Unvaccinated Kidney And Heart Patients Denied Transplants Get Day In Court With Michigan Hospital
Authored by Steven Kovac via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A group of activists join Ross Barranco to protest COVID-19 vaccination mandates in Rochester Hills, Mich. on Dec. 21, 2021. (Courtesy of…#getdayincourt #michiganhospital #stevenkovac #epochtimes #rossbarranco #rochesterhills #mich #michigan #barranco #deborahcatalono (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - January 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Janssen Announces Unblinding of Phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 Study of CARVYKTI ® (cilta-cel) as Primary Endpoint Met in Treatment of Patients with Relapsed and Refractory Multiple Myeloma
RARITAN, New Jersey, January 27, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced that the Phase 3 CARTITUDE-4 study evaluating CARVYKTI® (ciltacabtagene autoleucel; cilta-cel) versus pomalidomide, bortezomib, and dexamethasone (PVd) or daratumumab, pomalidomide, and dexamethasone (DPd) for the treatment of patients with relapsed and lenalidomide-refractory multiple myeloma met its primary endpoint of significant improvement in progression-free survival (PFS) at the first pre-specified interim analysis. As a result of meeting the primary endpoint, the Independent Data Monitoring Commi...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - January 27, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Genetic Analysis of Blood Type May Increase Number of Kidney Transplant Matches
Using genetics to more accurately identify individuals with a subtype of A blood could result in over 1,000 more kidney transplants to type B individuals, improving availability as well as equity in kidney transplantation (Source: BWH News)
Source: BWH News - January 18, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Diabetics to get 'artificial pancreas' to end worry over finger-prick tests
More than 100,000 people with type 1 diabetes will be offered 'artificial pancreas' technology - which could help end the misery of amputations, kidney problems and blindness. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - January 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Opioid Prescribing Practices in Chronic Kidney Disease Opioid Prescribing Practices in Chronic Kidney Disease
A new study looks at opioid prescribing patterns for pain management in patients with chronic kidney disease. Are these drugs being prescribed appropriately?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
Deferring CT premedication reduces patients' ED length of stay
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CT radiomics helps predict HCC recurrence after liver transplant (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 23, 2022 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Donor Kidney Transplants From SARS-CoV-2 Positive Donors Donor Kidney Transplants From SARS-CoV-2 Positive Donors
Could SARS-CoV-2 positive donor kidneys be safely considered for transplant? An assessment of post-transplant outcomes provides some insight.American Journal of Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplantation Journal Article Source Type: news
Penn Medicine establishes Center for Living Donation to boost kidney, liver transplants
The center comes just two months after Penn Medicine teamed with Philadelphia-based Gift of Life Donor Program to establish the state's first medical unit exclusively for deceased organ and tissue donors. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - December 20, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
Using Single-Cell Functional Analysis to Identify Cellular Drivers of Pathology
How single-cell secretomic analysis revealed the role of TEMRA CD8+ T cells in kidney transplant rejection. (Source: The Scientist)
Source: The Scientist - December 15, 2022 Category: Science Tags: The Marketplace Source Type: news
