What Docs Don't Know About the Disabilities Act Can Hurt Them What Docs Don't Know About the Disabilities Act Can Hurt Them
A survey reveals many doctors don ' t know their legal responsibilities to patients with disabilities. Does this put the physicians at greater risk?Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 1, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Deceased Donor Kidney Quality Trends and Transplant Outcomes Deceased Donor Kidney Quality Trends and Transplant Outcomes
Has the lower quality of deceased donor kidneys seen in recent years negatively impacted kidney transplant outcomes?Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - February 1, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology Journal Article Source Type: news
Cancer, Infection Risk Higher in Tx Patients Than Rejection Cancer, Infection Risk Higher in Tx Patients Than Rejection
Cancer, infection, and heart disease emerge as key risk factors for death with graft function in kidney transplant patients while organ rejection accounts for far fewer graft losses.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 28, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
7 Ways Doctors Could Get Better Payment From Insurers 7 Ways Doctors Could Get Better Payment From Insurers
Doctors often miss opportunities to get paid more when they sign insurance contracts to be in their networks. Experts tell how they can do better.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 25, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Lung Transplant Recipient Recovers From COVID for Second Time Lung Transplant Recipient Recovers From COVID for Second Time
In July 2020, COVID patient Brian Kuhns underwent a double lung transplant, then a little-used procedure to battle the lung-damaging virus. Doctors told him if he got COVID again he would probably die.WebMD Health News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 24, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Chloride in Heart Failure: The Neglected Electrolyte Chloride in Heart Failure: The Neglected Electrolyte
What do we know about the role of chloride in the pathophysiology of heart failure? This review aims to elucidate the complex interplay of serum chloride and other electrolytes such as sodium in HF.JACC: Heart Failure (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 24, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology Journal Article Source Type: news
Physician Burnout, Depression Compounded by COVID: Survey Physician Burnout, Depression Compounded by COVID: Survey
Doctors were already struggling with burnout; the COVID-19 pandemic didn ' t help.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 21, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care News Source Type: news
Stem Cell-Derived Pancreatic Cells for Type 1 Diabetes Stem Cell-Derived Pancreatic Cells for Type 1 Diabetes
An ongoing first-in-human trial suggests that pancreatic cells grown from stem cells can be safely implanted into patients with type 1 diabetes, and in some cases, begin producing insulin.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 20, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Variation in Heart-Transplant Rates Remains Despite Change in Allocation Policy Variation in Heart-Transplant Rates Remains Despite Change in Allocation Policy
Despite the recent change in heart-allocation policy, substantial center-level and regional variation in likelihood of transplant remains, according to a new analysis.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 20, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Transplantation News Source Type: news
Robotic Donor Hepatectomy: A Major Breakthrough in LDLT Robotic Donor Hepatectomy: A Major Breakthrough in LDLT
Learn more about this breakthrough technology and how it could benefit living donor liver transplantation.American Journal of Transplantation (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 20, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Transplantation Journal Article Source Type: news
Pig Heart Successfully Transplanted to Man Pig Heart Successfully Transplanted to Man
It ' s the first successful transplant of a genetically modified animal heart into a human, in this case a 57-year-old man with no other treatment options, said officials at the University of Maryland.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 11, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Transplantation News Source Type: news
Kidney Failure Risk Equation Works Without Race Adjustment Kidney Failure Risk Equation Works Without Race Adjustment
A National Kidney Foundation and American Society of Nephrology task force endorsed a new eGFR equation that drops race adjustment. Data now show it works fine in a Kidney Failure Risk Equation.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 10, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
THINKER-NEXT Studies the Transplant of HCV-Infected Kidneys THINKER-NEXT Studies the Transplant of HCV-Infected Kidneys
THINKER-NEXT trial aims to determine the risks and benefits of transplanting kidneys from hepatitis C-infected donors into hepatitis C-negative recipients.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 10, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
TRAPS-Related AA Amyloidosis TRAPS-Related AA Amyloidosis
This paper describes the frequency and prognosis of AA amyloidosis in TNF receptor-1-associated periodic syndrome. What is known about this potentially severe complication?Rheumatology (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 7, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Rheumatology Journal Article Source Type: news
Live Donors for First Kidney Transplant Improve Kids' Life-Years Live Donors for First Kidney Transplant Improve Kids' Life-Years
Pediatric patients whose first kidney transplant is from a live donor show improved life years over those whose first kidney transplant is a deceased donor.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - January 7, 2022 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Nephrology News Source Type: news
