Kidney Transplant: an interview with a kidney transplant patient
At 41 years old, Don Holzheimer received a kidney from his brother after years of dealing with proteinuria, end stage renal disease and dialysis. In this podcast Don describes his experience undergoing dialysis, the kidney transplant procedure and recovery. He also explains why transplant patients take immunosuppressant drugs. (Source: MUSC Organ Transplantation Surgery Podcast)
Source: MUSC Organ Transplantation Surgery Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medical Univeristy of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Kidney Transplant: Non-Simultaneous Extended Altruistic-Donor Chain
As a result of donation of one kidney from a healthy donor to a complete stranger in 2006, the first non-simultaneous, extended altruistic-donor (NEAD) chain was created. The physicians involved now have sophisticated computer programs to help them match possible recipients to willing donors. The idea was to come up with an exchange list for people who had willing, but incompatible donors. (Source: MUSC Organ Transplantation Surgery Podcast)
Source: MUSC Organ Transplantation Surgery Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medical Univeristy of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Tests and Procedures: Kidney Transplant
Detailed information on kidney transplantation, including the reasons and preparation for the procedure, how the procedure is performed, after care, and an anatomical illustration of the kidney at MUSC (Source: MUSC Urology Podcast)
Source: MUSC Urology Podcast - April 5, 2014 Category: Urology & Nephrology Authors: Medical Univeristy of South Carolina Source Type: podcasts
Donald E. Hricik, MD - Updates in Immunosuppressive Therapy for Kidney Transplantation: Implications of the Latest Data for Practice
Updates in Immunosuppressive Therapy for Kidney Transplantation: Implications of the Latest Data for Practice (Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Immunology)
Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Immunology - January 31, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Answers in CME Tags: Science, Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Robert S. Gaston, MD - Prolonging Graft Survival in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Latest Strategies for Long-Term Immunosuppression
Prolonging Graft Survival in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Latest Strategies for Long-Term Immunosuppression (Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Immunology)
Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Immunology - December 16, 2013 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Tags: Science, Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Donald E. Hricik, MD - Challenging Cases in Immunosuppression for Kidney Transplantation
(Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Pulmonology)
Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Pulmonology - August 20, 2013 Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Answers in CME Tags: Science, Medicine Source Type: podcasts
Shehzad Rehman, MD - Hot Topics in Kidney Transplantation: A Focus on Post-Transplant Comorbidities, Antibody-Mediated Rejection, and Opportunistic Infection
Managing Motor Symptoms and Motor Complications in Patients With Parkinson’s Disease: A Practical Approach for Treatment Selection (Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Immunology)
Source: PeerView CME/CE Audio Podcast - Immunology - October 31, 2012 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: PVI, PeerView Institute for Medical Education Tags: Science, Medicine Source Type: podcasts
JAMA: 2012-03-21, Vol. 307, No. 11, Editor's Audio Summary
Dr Angus provides summary and commentary on the March 21, 2012 issue of JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association. Dexmedetomidine for Maintaining Sedation, Prehospital Epinephrine and Cardiac Arrest Survival, Autologous Stem Cells in Kidney Transplants, Anesthesia Services and Endoscopy Costs, Hearing Deficits in Older Patients, Shortening medical training, Hearing loss in older adults. (Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary)
Source: JAMA: This Week's Audio Commentary - March 20, 2012 Category: Journals (General) Authors: The JAMA Network Source Type: podcasts
Should Mentally Challenged Patients Receive Organ Transplants?
A Philadelphia doctor refused to recommend a kidney transplant for a mentally disabled 3-year-old girl. An ethicist talks about whether mentally challenged patients should receive organ transplants. (Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Podcast - February 23, 2012 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts
The Year in Review What ’s New and What’s Hot
This Spring 2009 Kidney Transplant Update from UCSF offers a look at the developments of the past year provided by Drs. Stephen Tomlanovich and Sandy Feng of UCSF. (Source: UCTV Presents: Health and Medicine)
Source: UCTV Presents: Health and Medicine - June 28, 2009 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: podcasts
Meet Ken Aldrich the co-founder of International Stem Cell Corporation
Welcome to this podcast. I am Ken Aldrich, Chairman and co-founder of International Stem Cell Corporation.
International Stem Cell Corporation recently announced that our scientific team, led by our Chief Scientist, Dr. Elena Revazova, has created a new class of human stem cell lines that do not involve the use of fertilized eggs and may enable hundreds of millions of people of different sex, ages and racial groups to benefit from cell based therapy with cells that will not be rejected by the patients own immune system after transplanting. The article was published in the on line edition of the well known peer-review publi...
Source: International Stem Cell Corporation - December 30, 2007 Category: Stem Cells Authors: internationalstemcell Tags: biotechnology science health medicine Source Type: podcasts
