Tag: Organ Transplants
Double-Lung Transplant, Breast Implants Save Life of Man Who Battled Vaping-Linked Illness
The DD breast implants physically supported his heart after his infected lungs were removed
Maintenance Immunosuppressive Drugs Tied to Severe COVID-19
Findings seen for recipients across solid organ transplant types
Second Person to Receive Pig Heart Dies Six Weeks After Transplant
Heart had been showing signs of rejection in the days before his death
Model Developed for Prioritizing Patients Waiting for Lung Transplant
Those who died on waiting list had lower numerical rankings ascribed by multistate model than Composite Allocation Score
High-Risk Patients Awaiting Liver Transplant Benefit Most From Living Donors
Benefit was most evident in wait-listed cirrhosis patients with moderate-to-severe frailty
Sarcopenia Worsens Liver Transplant Outcomes for Patients With Cirrhosis
Sarcopenia tied to longer intensive care unit stay, more major complications, higher postoperative mortality
Promising Outcomes Seen for Living Kidney Donors With HIV
Glomerular filtration rates decreased at two to four years of follow-up for the first three living kidney donors with HIV
Race-Specific Approach to Spirometry Disadvantages Black Patients
Differences in lung allocation score most pronounced for patients with pulmonary vascular disease and restrictive lung disease
Racial Disparities Seen Among Hospitalized Patients With Decompensated Cirrhosis
Findings seen for Black and Hispanic versus White patients for liver transplantation and mortality
Technical Variant Graft Usage Affects Pediatric Liver Transplant Waitlist Mortality
Higher technical variant graft usage from living or deceased donor linked to lower waitlist mortality in pediatric liver transplant candidates
