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CME
Deceased Donor Issues in Kidney Transplantation: Identifying Barriers and Defining New Limits of Acceptability
Findings from studies presented at ATC 2008 suggest that the use of machine perfusion reduces the incidence of delayed graft function in expanded-criteria donor kidney transplantation.
Conference Coverage, August 2008
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CME
Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Confronting the Issues
Several important hypotheses germane to the transplant care of cirrhotic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma received confirmation at this meeting.
Conference Coverage, August 2008
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ATC 2008: Testing New Waters in Organ Donation
Maximizing the utilization and optimizing the function of all recovered organs is a formidable challenge in the era of pushing the envelope with marginal donors and recipients.
Conference Coverage, August 2008
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Protocol Aimed At Desensitization In Renal Transplant Recipients
In this video blog Dr. Ron Shapiro reports outcomes of a short desensitization protocol of IVIG and rituximab in renal transplant recipients; 80% were desensitized with a 94% 1-year graft survival
Expert Viewpoint, August 2008
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A Case of Acute Renal Failure With an Enlarged Graft 8 Years After Transplantation
Bahar Bastani, MD, Professor of Medicine at Saint Louis University, presents a patient with posttransplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD).
Article, August 2008
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Bias in Surgical Research
There are various types of bias in surgical research. How can they can be detected and avoided?
Journal Article, August 2008
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Results of a Protocol for the Management of Patients With Fulminant Liver Failure*
The authors assessed the safety and efficacy of a protocol to support management of intracerebral pressure in patients with fulminant liver failure (FLF).
Journal Article, August 2008
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What Is the Impact of HIV Infection on Survival After Liver Transplantation?
This Practice Point analyzes the UNOS database for HIV-influenced patient survival rates after liver transplantation.
Journal Article, August 2008
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Hospitals We Can't Afford to Lose
Emily Friedman, an independent health policy and ethics analyst, discusses the passing of our most needed hospitals.
Editorial, August 2008
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New Strategies and Therapeutic Advances in Renal Transplantation
Examine management strategies to address potential long-term complications of renal transplantation and immunosuppressive therapy, including complications such as impaired fasting glucose, chronic allograft nephropathy, proteinuria, and dyslipidemia.
Clinical Case, July 2008
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Will America Enact National Health Insurance in 2009?
Quentin Young, MD, National Coordinator, Physicians for a National Health Program and Chairman, Health and Medicine Policy Research Group, Chicago, Illinois, predicts universal coverage in 2009.
Editorial, July 2008
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New Strategies and Therapeutic Advances in Renal Transplantation
Examine management strategies to address potential long-term complications of renal transplantation and immunosuppressive therapy, including complications such as impaired fasting glucose, chronic allograft nephropathy, proteinuria, and dyslipidemia.
Clinical Case, July 2008
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CME
Chronic Biologic Therapy: A New Paradigm for Transplant Immunosuppression
In the second Spotlight on this topic, Drs. Vincenti, Sayegh, and Larsen discuss the potential benefits of costimulation blockade for chronic maintenance therapy in renal transplantation.
Commentary, July 2008
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CME
Reversal of Proteinuric Renal Disease and the Emerging Role of Endothelin
Endothelin has a prominent role in the pathogenesis of proteinuric renal disease. The current article examines how endothelin promotes renal disease as well as medications that can antagonize endothelin.
Journal Article, July 2008
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Physicians for Sale: How Medical Professional Organizations Exploit Their Members
To improve the state of US healthcare, physicians need to rethink what their profession is and identify what they need to do to regain their professional integrity.
Expert Viewpoint, July 2008
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Building Physician Connectivity for e-Prescribing
Kevin Hutchinson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Prematics, Inc., in Vienna, Virginia, tells us how to move e-prescribing forward.
Expert Viewpoint, July 2008
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Green Healthcare: What Does the Future Hold?
Peter Yellowlees, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Academic Information Systems at UC Davis, Sacramento, California, describes good examples of "green" healthcare.
Editorial, July 2008
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Green Healthcare: What Is Happening Now?
Peter Yellowlees, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of Academic Information Systems at UC Davis, Sacramento, California, explains how to make "green" healthcare possible.
Editorial, July 2008
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CME
Costimulation Blockade and Tolerance in Solid Organ Transplantation
In the first of 2 Spotlights on this topic, Drs. Vincenti, Sayegh, and Larsen trace the preclinical development of biologic therapy with fusion proteins in solid organ transplantation.
Commentary, July 2008
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Patient and Graft Outcomes From Deceased Kidney Donors 70 Years of Age and Older: Analysis of the OPTN/UNOS Database
Similar to trends in the overall US general population, there has been an increasing yet disproportionate shift toward increasing numbers of older donors and recipients in kidney transplantation.
Expert Viewpoint, July 2008
