Tag: Organ Donation
Donation After Medical Assistance in Dying Acceptable for Liver Transplant
Patient and graft survival similar for patients receiving DCD-V from MAiD donation versus conventional DCD-III grafts
Organ Donation Agency Could Be First Ever Shut Down by U.S. Government
Miami’s Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency is being shut down over safety issues
HHS Plans to Reform Organ Procurement Protocols
Agency wants to strengthen national safeguards and monitoring to improve organ donation safety
Standard-Criteria Kidney Transplant Offers Clear Survival Benefit Over Continued Dialysis
Decrease in survival benefits with age in expanded criteria donor kidney transplant recipients, especially those with CVD
Liver Grafts Feasible From Hep C-Positive Donors After Circulatory Death
One-year patient and graft survival comparable to donation after brain death, with or without HCV infection
HTN, Albuminuria Risks No Worse for Kidney Donors Versus Nondonors
In a recent study, donors had initial drop in eGFR after nephrectomy, followed by lesser decline per year than nondonors
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
