Latest - Transplantation

• Features of He Shou Wu-induced Liver Injury He Shou Wu, a Chinese herb used since ancient times as an anti-aging remedy and all-around health tonic, can result in severe, sometimes fatal liver injury.
  Liver International, February 2019
• One Third of Hospital Inpatients Underfed One in three inpatients ate a quarter of their meal or less, putting them at risk for malnutrition, a study found; the results were twice as alarming for patients who ate none of their food.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Solid Organ Donors and Screening Results for HBV, HBC, HIV How has the epidemic of opioid overdose deaths impacted risk for transmitting HIV and hepatitis viruses to solid organ recipients?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, February 2019
• Excluding Patients From Transplant Due to Social Support Are patients with inadequate social support disproportionately disqualified from transplantation?
  American Journal of Transplantation, February 2019
• Rise in Overdose-related Donor Hearts in US A net increase in recovery rates of hearts from individuals who died from drug intoxication may be responsible for a net decrease in the heart transplant waiting list, new results suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• DO Match Day Yields More Than 500 Primary Care Residents Primary care specialties make up 56% of matches, with orthopedic surgery tops in specialty placements.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Alert Higher Than Expected Death Rate With Impella Heart Pump Interim data from a postapproval study suggest a higher risk for death than the risk seen in premarket studies and prompts a letter to providers from the FDA.
  News Alerts, February 2019
• Diabetes, Complications Reduce Odds of Successful DSEK Dr Christopher Rapuano on the latest data from the Cornea Preservation Time Study.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, January 2019
• HLA Antigen Matching Linked With Skin Cancer Risk After Heart, Lung Transplants Rates of de novo skin cancer after lung or heart transplantation are higher when donor and recipient HLA antigens are well matched, a large retrospective study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• Is Vitamin D3 Bad for the Kidney? The question of whether vitamin D3 negatively impacts kidney function is complex. This editorial explores the issue.
  Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, January 2019
• Alcohol-Linked Disease Now Top Reason for Liver Transplant New research suggests that attitudes toward liver transplant candidates who have a history of alcohol abuse are softening.
  Kaiser Health News, January 2019
• Novel Biomarker for Acute Rejection After Kidney Transplant Subclinical acute rejection after kidney transplantation is currently only detectable with surveillance biopsies, but a novel biomarker may offer a new alternative.
  American Journal of Transplantation, January 2019
• A Model for Achieving WHO HCV Elimination Targets With DAAs Australia was one of the first countries to introduce unrestricted government-funded access to DAA therapy for HCV. Will they meet the WHO target of HCV elimination by the year 2030?
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, January 2019
• Stem Cell Transplant a Promising Option in Sickle Cell Anemia Matched sibling donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (MSD-HSCT) is a promising option for children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) requiring chronic transfusion due to elevated transcranial Doppler velocity (TCD), a study from France suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• Kidney Transplant Boosts Survival in Lupus Nephritis Kidney transplantation is associated with a survival benefit for patients with lupus nephritis and end-stage renal disease (LN-ESRD), researchers have found.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• St. Luke's Replaces President, Other Leaders After Series of Care Lapses Ouster comes 5 months after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services terminated federal funding for heart transplants at the 65-year-old hospital, citing a failure to make needed changes.
  ProPublica, January 2019
• Burnout Rises Above 50% in Some Specialties, New Survey Shows Urologists had the highest burnout rates; 20% of all physicians said they have had thoughts of suicide or prefer not to answer.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2019
• Chemotherapy for Relapsing-Remitting MS?   Perry Wilson dissects a new JAMA study that is seemingly about nonmyeloablative hematopoietic stem cell transplantation vs disease-modifying therapy for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis.
  Medscape, January 2019
• Vaccine-Preventable Infections Common in Pediatric Transplant Patients Over 15% of pediatric solid organ transplant recipients are hospitalized for a vaccine-preventable infection in the first five years after transplant, according to new findings in JAMA Pediatrics.
  Reuters Health Information, January 2019
• New RBI for Kidney Allografts: Can It Replace Routine Tests? Dr Desai reviews a study examining the usefulness of a new renal biopsy index (1-RBI). Could it be used in place of invasive routine biopsies in deceased-donor kidney transplant recipients?
  Medscape Nephrology, January 2019