Social Deprivation Index Identifies Disparities in Liver Transplant
The SDI assesses disparities in living donor liver transplantation, revealing lower disadvantage in recipients than deceased donor transplants.
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Transplantation
Artificial Network Beneficial for Predicting Early Graft Failure
ANN algorithm predicts early graft failure in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation using donor and recipient variables, with validated accuracy.
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Obesity Impacts Outcomes Following Liver Transplant
Liver transplant recipients with obesity experience similar survival compared with recipients who...
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Biopsy-Proven Rejection Predicts Poor Liver Transplant Outcomes
Early, biopsy-proven acute cellular rejection (EBPR) following liver transplant is associated with...
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High-MELD Living-Donor Liver Transplants Show Comparable Outcomes
High-MELD living-donor liver transplants show acceptable outcomes, similar to deceased-donor transplants, offering hope for reducing donor shortages.
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Survival “Excellent” for Patients With Infection Before Liver Transplant
Patients with an infection before liver transplant had excellent survival outcomes despite requiring more complex post-transplant care.
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Native Nephrectomy in the Workup for Kidney Transplantation in Patients With ADPKD
There is no consensus on whether or when a native nephrectomy should be carried out in ADPKD...
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Cardiovascular Outcomes: Kidney Transplant Patients With ADPKD
High morbidity and death rates are caused by cardiovascular disease in people with renal failure....
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Simultaneous Nephrectomy Safe During Kidney Transplant for ADPKD
In clinical discourse, the application of native unilateral nephrectomy to prepare the interior...
Read MoreNormothermic Machine Perfusion Improves Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients
Nearly doubled use of donor livers from cadavers compared with ischemic cold storage Donor liver preservation using a portable, normothermic organ care system (OCS) decreased early allograft dysfunction (EAD) and led to greater...
Read MoreInhaled Epoprostenol May Be An Alternative to Inhaled Nitric Oxide After Lung Transplantation
Single-center study finds similar risks for PGD-3 with both In patients undergoing lung transplantation, risks for severe/grade 3 primary graft dysfunction (PGD-3) were similar whether patients were treated with inhaled...
Read MoreLiver Transplant: As Playing Field Leveled, Costs Skyrocketed
Dramatically increased fees tied to organs that cross service-area boundaries The newly implemented liver allocation acuity circles (AC) policy may have leveled the playing field for organ acquisition and distribution, but it...
Read MoreFDA Approves Tacrolimus for Lung Transplants in Adults, Kids
The first immunosuppressant approved for this population The FDA has approved tacrolimus in combination with other immunosuppressants for the prevention of organ rejection in adults and kids receiving lung transplantation. It is...
Read MoreNovel HCC Selection Tool: Better Outcome Predictor for Liver Transplant Patients
More accurate prediction of recurrence risk may expand liver transplantation to previously ineligible HCC patients Compared with currently accepted hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) selection tools, a new tool that incorporates a...
Read MoreLong-Term Corticosteroids Not Necessary After Kidney Transplant
No increased risk of allograft failure in patients who discontinued treatment The use of long-term corticosteroid therapy after kidney transplant may be unnecessary, according to results from a prospective multicenter trial.In...
Read MoreOrgan Donation After Cardiac Death Has Unique Challenges
Resumption of cardiac activity following life support withdrawal not unusual Even in 2021, determining the exact moment of death is challenging and can affect not just one but many lives, as patients await life-saving organs...
Read MoreFrailty Tied to Gender Gap in Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality
Women with cirrhosis displayed worse frailty scores despite similar liver disease severity Women with decompensated liver cirrhosis awaiting transplant had worse frailty scores than men — despite similar scores on a...
Read MoreOxygen Delivered During Donor Kidney Preservation is Easy, Safe, Adds Minimal Cost
Also associated with improved outcomes Supplemental oxygen delivered along with hypothermic machine perfusion (HMPO2) during donor kidney preservation is easy to do, safe, and adds little additional cost compared with HMP alone...
Read MoreHeart Transplant: UNOS Policy Cut Wait Times, Mortality, but Post-transplant Survival Increased
Experts call for reconsideration of 2018 policy change Changes in the U.S. United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) heart allocation policy in 2018 appear to have resulted in improved wait list times, as well as reductions in...
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Considering Lung Transplant Frailty
The goal of lung transplantation is to improve quality of life (QOL) and extend survival for...
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