Latest - Transplantation

• Outcomes for Living vs Deceased Donor Liver Transplantation The use of living donors in liver transplantation can help expand the organ donor pool, but how do the outcomes of this approach compare with that of deceased donor transplantation?
  American Journal of Transplantation, July 26, 2021
• Organs From Deceased Recipients of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine May Pose Problems Organs from deceased donors who had received AstraZeneca's vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 may possibly prompt vaccine-induced thrombosis and thrombocytopenia in recipients, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 22, 2021
• 25 Best Vacation Ideas for Doctors: Popular Spots or Away From the Crowds? Everyone's clamoring for a change of scenery. Whether you want to visit popular destinations or stay away from crowds, here are some terrific choices.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 21, 2021
• Amazing Photos of Cardiovascular Surgery When photographer Natacha Sibellas embedded herself in the cardiovascular surgery department at a hospital in Clermont-Ferrand, France, she had to learn asepsis, patience, and how to be part of the team.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 21, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves Tacrolimus for Lung Transplants The drug is the only immunosuppressant approved for the prevention of organ rejection in both adult and pediatric patients undergoing lung transplant. It has been used in lung transplant for 15 years.
  FDA Approvals, July 19, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves New Drug for Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease Belumosudil, a small molecule inhibitor of the ROCK2 signaling pathway, is for the treatment of adult and pediatric patients with cGVHD after failure of at least two prior lines of systemic therapy.
  FDA Approvals, July 19, 2021
• Nephrologist's Appeal to End 3-Year Suspension Is Denied Allegations include that Albert Kadri, MD, failed to comply with a new model of kidney care at Windsor Regional Hospital, in Ontario, Canada, and his actions were 'likely to expose patients to harm.'
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2021
• FDA Panel Rejects Roxadustat for Anemia in Kidney Disease An FDA advisory committee voted by 1-13 and 2-12 margins against approving a novel, oral agent, roxadustat, for treating anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease. Safety was the major issue.
  Medscape Medical News, July 16, 2021
• Ruxolitinib Best Option When Glucocorticoids Fail Against Chronic GVHD When chronic graft-versus-host disease follows an allogeneic stem-cell transplant, and it's either resistant to standard glucocorticoid therapy or dependent on glucocorticoids, according to the REACH3 trial.
  Reuters Health Information, July 14, 2021
• Hospital: Patient Gets Kidney Meant for Someone Else Officials at University Hospitals in Cleveland on Monday apologized for the mistake and said two employees have been placed on administrative leave.
  Associated Press, July 15, 2021
• Side Gigs: A Growing Trend as Physicians Seek Extra Income Medscape's national survey shows how many physicians have side gigs, what they're doing, how much they earn, and their side-gig goals.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 14, 2021
• Iron Therapy May Help More Patients With Kidney Disease Treating iron deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease but without anemia may reduce their risk of death, particularly from cardiovascular causes, new research hints.
  Medscape Medical News, July 12, 2021
• FDA Approves Finerenone for Slowing CKD in Type 2 Diabetes
  FDA Approvals, July 12, 2021
• To End Burnout, Doctors Must Change the Culture of Medicine   The culture of medicine is an invisible force with the strength of gravity that keeps the profession stuck, Robert Pearl says. To move forward, physicians have to own their role and drive change.
  Medscape, July 09, 2021
• St. Jude to Pay $27 Million to End DOJ Suit Over Faulty ICDs The government alleges that St. Jude knowingly sold defective implantable defibrillators to healthcare facilities, which resulted in patient injuries and two deaths.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2021
• You Have a Sixth Sense You Probably Aren't Using Yet Dolphins do it underwater and bats tap into this in darkness to find their way. Some people who are blind already use it and scientists say it is only a matter of time before more people learn how.
  WebMD Health News, July 09, 2021
• Medscape Residents Salary & Debt Report 2021 Medscape's Residents Salary & Debt Report 2021 explores how much residents earn, how much they owe, and how they've responded to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 09, 2021
• ILC 2021 Fibrosis Severity Is 'Strong Predictor' of Prognosis in ALD Having significant or advanced fibrosis puts patients with alcoholic liver disease at high risk of decompensation or even death.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2021
• ADA 2021 Not So Crazy: Pancreas Transplants in Type 2 Diabetes Rising Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants are increasingly performed in patients with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease, who now account for about 20% of all pancreas transplants in the US.
  Medscape Medical News, July 08, 2021
• Stress May Turn Hair Gray, but Calm May Reverse It The theory that stress can turn a person's hair gray is difficult to prove, but a new way of measuring has researchers reasoning that the process can be slowed or even temporarily reversed.
  WebMD Health News, July 08, 2021