Latest - Transplantation

• Topol Talks: COVID-19 Variants Are Innocent Until Proven Guilty Medscape Medical News Editor-in-Chief Eric Topol, MD, addresses the ability of current and future COVID-19 vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 variants and other obstacles to pandemic "containment."
  Medscape Medical News, May 07, 2021
• Heart Retrieval Technique May Boost Organs for Transplant by 20% Pilot data on eight heart transplants using cardiopulmonary bypass for immediate regional reperfusion and cardiac unloading show the approach is feasible; if confirmed, it could increase the organ pool by 20%.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2021
• After Hundreds of Interviews, Here's John Whyte's View of COVID   Our problem with vaccines is that we talk about people instead of talking with people and listening to their perspectives.
  Medscape, May 05, 2021
• Report of First US Living Donor Liver Transplant Chain One transplant center reports their experience with a living donor liver transplant chain. Could this help expand the donor pool for liver transplantation?
  American Journal of Transplantation, May 05, 2021
• Pharmacist + App Cuts Errors, Hospitalization After Transplant Use of a pharmacist-led intervention involving a smartphone app with home monitoring substantially reduced medication errors, adverse events, and hospitalizations for kidney transplant patients.
  Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2021
• ISN 2021 New Study Confirms Kidney Dialysis Worsens Pregnancy Outcomes Pregnancy outcomes of women on dialysis were substantially worse than women with a kidney transplant who gave birth.
  Medscape Medical News, April 29, 2021
• Vadadustat for Anemia in Chronic Kidney Disease: Questions Remain The HIF prolyl hydroxylase inhibitor shows efficacy in the treatment of anemia with chronic kidney disease, but in non-dialysis patients increased cardiovascular risks are observed.
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2021
• Doctors Lose Jobs After Speaking Out About Unsafe Conditions A number of physicians have taken to the media to publicize the fact that conditions in their facility may be unsafe. Many then suffered repercussions. Is this a denial of freedom of speech?
  Medscape Medical News, April 28, 2021
• Should Clinicians Be Required to Get COVID-19 Vaccines? Some healthcare workers are required to get annual influenza vaccines. Should there be a similar mandate for COVID-19 vaccination?
  Medscape Reader Polls, April 28, 2021
• NKF 2021 Half of Patients in Hospital for COVID-19 Get Acute Kidney Injury Reports from two independent European case series further document the high incidence of acute kidney injury among patients hospitalized for COVID-19; lessons can be learned, says expert.
  Medscape Medical News, April 27, 2021
• Feds Investigating Telehealth Charges in Upsurge With telehealth restrictions eased during the COVID-19 pandemic, virtual care has become more common, but it can also be misused, and one pattern is already under investigation.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2021
• Patient Benefits Justify Price of New Lupus Nephritis Drugs Prices of two new drugs approved by the FDA for lupus nephritis are in reasonable alignment with their estimated benefits for patients with the disease, a report indicates.
  Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2021
• Women, Black, Asian Patients Least Likely to Get SGLT2 Inhibitors "If left unaddressed, these inequities in [SGLT2 Inhibitor] utilization will continue to widen well-documented disparities in cardiovascular and kidney outcomes in the [United States]."
  Medscape Medical News, April 23, 2021
• How HIPAA Can Harm Patients As Dr Andrew Wilner has experienced first-hand, HIPAA may not always be in the patient's best interest.
  Medscape Neurology, April 23, 2021
• Many Postsurgical Hospital Readmissions Preventable Could improved inpatient and ambulatory care lower the rate?
  Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2021
• NKF 2021 New Test Could Help Primary Care Docs Chart Kidney Disease A new proprietary prognostic tool surpassed conventional methods for flagging patients with type 2 diabetes who were at high risk for progressive renal dysfunction.
  Medscape Medical News, April 22, 2021
• Management of Lung Transplantation in the COVID-19 Era A survey of transplant centers provides insight into the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on lung transplant programs and transplant recipients.
  American Journal of Transplantation, April 21, 2021
• COVID Vaccine Makers Have More Than Boosters in the Works Vaccine developers are already coming up with new options to protect against COVID-19 no matter what happens next with the pandemic.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2021
• ISN 2021 New DAPA-CKD Analysis Hints at Dapagliflozin for IgA Nephropathy The landmark DAPA-CKD trial showed that dapagliflozin slows CKD progression regardless of diabetes status. Now a prespecified analysis suggests it also works for CKD patients with an IgA etiology.
  Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2021
• NFK 2021 20% of Dialysis Patients Are Hesitant About COVID-19 Vaccine An early 2021 survey of a representative sample of 1515 US patients treated with hemodialysis showed that one fifth had some level of hesitancy about receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
  Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2021