Tag: Organ Donation
First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Discharged From Hospital
Living Kidney Donors Have Lower Rates of Fractures Overall
However, living kidney donors have higher rates of vertebral fractures
Transplant From Deceased Donor With Brain Tumor Appears to Be Safe
Risk for cancer transmission lower than thought, and long-term transplant outcomes favorable
Massachusetts Bill Would Let Prisoners Donate Organs in Exchange for Shorter Sentence
Program would allow inmates to receive sentence reductions of 60 days to one year after donating organs or bone marrow
Drop Seen in Transplantation in 2020 With COVID-19 Pandemic
Decrease noted in transplants and in waitlist registrations for transplants compared with those expected
More Kidneys From Deceased Donors With AKI Being Transplanted
Procurement and transplant of stage 3 AKI kidneys has increased, but discard rate is still high
Donor Drug Use Not Tied to Survival for Heart Transplant Recipients
And risk for posttransplant death decreasing despite drug overdose, hepatitis C-positive donors contributing to donor risk
Family Voucher Program Facilitates Living Kidney Donations
Between 2014 and 2021, 250 family voucher-based donations facilitated 573 total transplants
Deceased Organ Donation Rose Among Blacks but Still Lags
Despite gains in deceased organ donation among racial/ethnic groups in the U.S., substantial racial differences remain
Donor Kidney Biopsies Do Not Aid Transplant Outcome Prediction
Adding donor histology did not significantly improve prediction of long-term allograft failure in recipients at French, Belgian centers
