College student receives a life-saving transplant after a stranger offers her kidney in the comments of a TikTok video
Katie Hallum, an Oklahoma college student, received a kidney transplant this summer for her rare disorder after donor Savannah Stallbaumer reached out in her TikTok comments. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Roche launches automated serology hepatitis E virus tests, including a test to detect acute HEV infections, recommended in the new WHO 2023 Essential Diagnostics List
It is estimated that one third of the global population could be at risk for infection with Hepatitis E virus.1The new tests allow clinicians to diagnose acute and chronic infections amongst patients presenting with or without signs of the illness as recommended by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).2The tests complete Roche ’s panel used for the differential diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis A, B, C and E viruses.Basel, 16 November 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of the Elecsys ®Anti-HEV IgM and Elecsys Anti-HEV IgG immunoassays for t...
Source: Roche Investor Update - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Roche launches automated serology hepatitis E virus tests, including a test to detect acute HEV infections, recommended in the new WHO 2023 Essential Diagnostics List
It is estimated that one third of the global population could be at risk for infection with Hepatitis E virus.1The new tests allow clinicians to diagnose acute and chronic infections amongst patients presenting with or without signs of the illness as recommended by the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL).2The tests complete Roche ’s panel used for the differential diagnosis of acute viral hepatitis caused by the hepatitis A, B, C and E viruses.Basel, 16 November 2023 - Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) announced today the launch of the Elecsys ®Anti-HEV IgM and Elecsys Anti-HEV IgG immunoassays for t...
Source: Roche Media News - November 16, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
At 81, woman is among world's longest-surviving transplant recipients
Charlotte and David Markle in 1965 Mayo recognizes 60 years of transplant innovation Charlotte Markle, 81, is among the world's longest-surviving kidney transplant recipients. Her transplant at Mayo Clinic was over 57 years ago on March 2, 1966. It followed Mayo Clinic's first kidney transplant on Nov. 25, 1963, which was Mayo's first solid organ transplant of any kind. Charlotte is Mayo's longest-surviving transplant recipient. She attributes her place in medical history to her loved… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 16, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Infographic: Careers That Tempt Doctors to Leave Medicine Infographic: Careers That Tempt Doctors to Leave Medicine
Physicians who are thinking about leaving the practice of medicine reveal which nonclinical career options most interest them.Medscape (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - November 15, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Article Source Type: news
Emergency Liver Transplant Effective for Severe Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- Prioritizing emergency liver transplantation for patients with severe acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) resulted in relatively good survival outcomes, according to a U.K. study presented here.
Among 39 critically... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - November 14, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Prince Charles Hospital Brisbane fungal cluster: Muhammad thought his life was on the up after a life-saving heart transplant, but within weeks, the hard-working GP was dead. He's just one of a 'cluster' of Australians to suddenly fall ill and die
A grieving family is demanding answers after a much-loved GP and heart transplant patient became what is suspected to be the first casualty of a deadly fungal cluster at a major hospital. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Road to RSNA 2023: Ultrasound
Ultrasound's utility will be on full display at this year's RSNA annual meeting, showing its merit in a wide variety of clinical applications. Research to be presented at the annual meeting in Chicago will explore the modality's clinical applications in musculoskeletal, pediatric, abdominal, and women's imaging among other areas. This includes advancements in ultrasound in recent years, such as the use of contrast for improved imaging, elastography and color Doppler for assessing complex pathologies, and using imaging data in AI models. Studies will also evaluate ways to further improve the modality's capabilities by rea...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: 2023 2023 Ultrasound Preview Source Type: news
Doppler ultrasound evaluates transplant kidney function
Tuesday, November 28 | 1:50 p.m.-2:00 p.m. | T6-SSGU04-3 | Room N227BAttendees will learn how Doppler ultrasound can image the renal function of transplanted kidneys in this session.Eujin Lee, MD, from Soonchunhyang University Hospital in South Korea will show how drawing a region of interest along the border of a transplanted kidney can measure the vascular index in superb microvascular imaging, is reproducible, and correlates well with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR).Previous research highlights the utility of Doppler ultrasound for measuring the vascular index of lesions in the neck and breast areas. L...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - November 14, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: 2023 Ultrasound Preview Source Type: news
Adam Retmock thought his suffering was over when he was given a life-saving heart transplant. Six weeks later, he's dead. Now there are fears others could succumb to the same illness that killed him
Adam Retmock, 45, was one of five patients at The Prince Charles Hospital involved in the infection cluster and the second to have succumbed to the illness. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 14, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
AKI Response Tied to Improved Survival for Patients Waiting on Liver Transplant
(MedPage Today) -- BOSTON -- For patients with cirrhosis waitlisted for liver transplant who were hospitalized with acute kidney injury (AKI), 90-day survival outcomes were improved with AKI response, according to the results of a retrospective... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - November 13, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news
Should Physicians Go to Work When Sick? Should Physicians Go to Work When Sick?
Although most doctors believe it ' s best to stay home if they ' re ill, today ' s healthcare system makes the answer much more complicated.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - November 13, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Source Type: news
Dropping Aspirin Cuts Bleeding in LVAD Patients Dropping Aspirin Cuts Bleeding in LVAD Patients
A randomized trial evaluating vitamin K therapy with aspirin or placebo with a left ventricular assist device shows avoiding aspirin reduced bleeding without increasing thrombotic risk.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines)
Source: Medscape Transplantation Headlines - November 13, 2023 Category: Transplant Surgery Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
Engineering stem cells to treat liver disease
During clinical rotations in medical school, Kianna Nguyen encountered many patients with liver failure and was struck by a grim reality: Their only hope was a transplant. The shortage of donor organs and therapeutic options was at once frustrating and inspirational, triggering her research interest in cellular therapies for liver failure. Kianna Nguyen "Research provides us with the understanding to develop tools to make big changes in clinical problems like those facing patients with liver failure," says… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - November 11, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Is the cure for blindness here? As a US veteran receives the world's first eye transplant, could this scientific breakthrough be the catalyst for a new future?
US medics performed an eye transplant on a military veteran who lost his in an accident. It is the first surgery of its kind and a 'major step forward' on path to restoring sight, the surgeons said. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
