Survival of Dialysis vs Conservative Care Patients Survival of Dialysis vs Conservative Care Patients
A new study compares survival outcomes among patients with kidney failure who underwent dialysis or conservative care. Does treatment choice make a difference?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape General Surgery Headlines - August 22, 2022 Category: Surgery Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
Patient Preferences for Choices in Kidney Transplant Examined
MONDAY, Aug. 22, 2022 -- Patients are willing to receive a worse-quality kidney sooner in order to avoid additional waiting time for transplant, according to a study published online Aug. 19 in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 22, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Barry White: Velvet-voiced singer was plagued with health issues before death
NINETEEN years since he passed away, soul singer Barry White is still widely remembered for his music and hit songs such as You're the First, the Last, My Everything. Having passed away at only 58, White was plagued by several health issues including kidney failure which sadly led to the singer's death, while he waited for a transplant. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - August 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Organ From Live Donor Best When Child Needs New Kidney
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 17, 2022 -- Children who need kidney transplants have better long-term outcomes when the donor is a living person and not someone who has died and donated organs, a new study finds. " The findings of our study should lay to rest any... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - August 17, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Changing Kidney Donor Blood Type
Researchers change the blood type of deceased donor kidneys using molecular scissors, offering hope to ethnic minority patients who find it hard to find suitable transplants (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - August 17, 2022 Category: Disability Tags: Medical Research and News Source Type: news
Listing at Non-Local Transplant Centers Increases Access Listing at Non-Local Transplant Centers Increases Access
Allowing waitlisted kidney transplant candidates to travel beyond their assigned transplant center can help increase access to transplantation.American Journal of Transplantation (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 17, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Transplantation Journal Article Source Type: news
Bacteria 'scissors' to boost hopes of patients in dire need of transplant
UK scientists announced that for the first time they have successfully changed the blood types of three donor human kidneys from rarer B-types to O-type. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 16, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Researchers change blood type of kidney in transplant breakthrough
University of Cambridge team ’s work could significantly increase supply of organs for people with rarer blood typesResearchers have successfully altered the blood type of three donor kidneys in a gamechanging discovery that could significantly improve the chances of patients waiting for a transplant finding a match.The development could increase the supply of kidneys available for transplant, particularly within minority ethnic groups who are less likely to find a match, scientists say.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - August 15, 2022 Category: Science Authors: PA Media Tags: Organ donation Medical research University of Cambridge Science Health Society Education Source Type: news
Changing kidney blood type may boost transplants
Many BAME patients waiting for a donor kidney are blood type B so development could be 'game-changer' (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - August 15, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Immunity after COVID19 vaccination in people with higher risk of compromised immune status: a scoping review, Cochrane Library
Up to 6 December 2021, the majority of studies examined data on mRNA vaccines administered as standard vaccination schemes (two doses approximately four to eight weeks apart) that report on immunogenicity parameters or adverse events. Clinical outcomes were less commonly reported, and if so, were often reported as a secondary outcome observed in seroconversion or immunoglobulin titre studies. As informed by this scoping review, two effectiveness reviews (on haematological malignancies and kidney transplant recipients) are currently being conducted. (Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH))
Source: Current Awareness Service for Health (CASH) - August 11, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
70 deaths, many wasted organs are blamed on transplant system errors
The errors included failures to identify disease in donor kidneys, hearts and livers, as well as mix-ups in matching blood types and delays in blood and urine tests that were not completed before transplant surgeries occurred. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - August 3, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lenny Bernstein Source Type: news
Expert Alert: What a formula change may mean for Black patients in need of a kidney transplant
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Experts are hoping a new requirement that all U.S. transplant centers use a race-neutral formula to determine eligibility for a kidney transplant will improve African American access to lifesaving transplants. "This is an essential step toward reducing racial inequity in access to kidney transpl antation," says Naim Issa, M.D., a Mayo Clinic nephrologist. "The inclusion of race in the calculation of kidney function has been linked to disparities in care for African Americans,… (Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News)
Source: Mayo Clinic Minnesota News - August 3, 2022 Category: Hospital Management Source Type: news
Kids Treated at For-Profit Dialysis Centers Less Likely to Receive Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- Children receiving dialysis at a for-profit facility were less likely to be put on the waitlist for -- and ultimately receive -- a kidney transplant, according to a retrospective cohort study.
Among over 13,000 pediatric... (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - August 2, 2022 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
NYC Doctors perform first ever heart transplant from an HIV-positive donor
The first ever HIV-positive heart transplant was performed in the Bronx, New York, during spring. The unnamed patient is in her 60s and also received a new kidney from the same donor. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - July 29, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic Q & amp;A podcast: Father-daughter duo taking part in Transplant Games of America
Carly Kelly was born with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease, a disease that not only affects the kidneys, but also can lead to liver problems. She spent the first month of her life in the Neonatal ICU at Mayo Clinic, where physicians told Carly's family she would eventually need a kidney transplant. "I was the first one to register as a donor," says Tim Kelly, Carly's father. "And I was so blessed to be a… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - July 29, 2022 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
