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Current state of medical tourism involving liver transplantation-the risk of infections and potential complications
World J Hepatol. 2021 Jul 27;13(7):717-722. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v13.i7.717.ABSTRACTLiver transplant has been shown to significantly improve mortality and quality of life in various liver diseases such as acute liver failure, end-stage liver disease, and liver cancer. While the organ transplant demand is continuing to rise, the organ donation supply remains unmatched. The organ shortage, high cost, and long waiting lists have stimulated a desire for routes that may be unethical. This process which is named transplant tourism is the term used to describe traveling to another country to purchase an organ for transplant. Liver tr...
Source: World Journal of Hepatology - August 9, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Ritesh Neupane Pahnwat Tonya Taweesedt Humayun Anjum Salim Surani Source Type: research
A pediatric case series of catastrophic gastrointestinal complications of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease with increasing incidence, high association with coronavirus disease 2019, higher mortality, and a plea for early endoscopy to prevent late fatal outcome
ConclusionSince 80% of our patients had exposure to coronavirus, a potential relationship might be suggested between the two. Furthermore, as we witnessed in one case, urgent endoscopic investigation in immunocompromised patients presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms can improve the clinical outcomes and therefore should be considered for early diagnosis of posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder.
Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports - September 19, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research
Fate of Abstracts Presented at the 2009 American Transplant Congress
Introduction: Oral and poster presentations at major meetings serve to rapidly present and share study results with the scientific community. On the other hand, full-text publication of abstracts in peer-reviewed journals provides dissemination of knowledge. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the publication rate of abstracts presented at the 2009 American Transplant Congress (ATC), to assess the factors influencing publication and determine the impact factor of these journals.Methods: All abstracts presented at the 2009 ATC were included in the study. A Pubmed-Medline search was performed to identify a matching jou...
Source: Journal of Surgical Education - May 8, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Joel B. Durinka, Po-Nan Chang, Jorge Ortiz Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research
A Systematic Review of Medical Nutrition Therapy Guidelines for Liver Cirrhosis: Do We Agree?
CONCLUSIONS: Several shortcomings and bias were recognized in cirrhosis-related medical nutrition therapy CPGs, indicating the need of improving CPG methodology.
PMID: 31407834 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Nutrition in Clinical Practice - August 12, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Theodoridis X, Grammatikopoulou MG, Petalidou A, Kontonika SM, Potamianos SP, Bogdanos DP Tags: Nutr Clin Pract Source Type: research
