Tag: Organ Transplants
FDA OKs Third COVID-19 Shot for Vulnerable Americans
Authorization includes people who have had solid organ transplants and those whose immune systems are equally compromised
Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose May Prompt Response in Transplant Recipients
Third dose of mRNA-1273 vaccine induces serologic response in 49 percent of kidney recipients who did not respond after two doses
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
Score Assesses Health-Related QOL in Patients With Kidney Failure
Study supports validity of preference-based health utility score for patients undergoing hemodialysis, recent recipients of kidney transplants
Hepatitis B Virus Monitoring Needed After Liver Transplantation
While the risk is small, there have been 20 cases of unexpected donor-derived hepatitis B virus infection
Mortality Up for Very-High Symptom Burden Before Kidney Transplant
Symptoms remain unchanged for many by transplantation, but improve in the three months after transplantation
Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID-19 Effective for Transplant Patients
Favorable outcomes, minimal adverse effects seen in solid organ transplant recipients who received monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19
Many at High Priority for Kidney Transplant Not on Waitlist
Nonlisted patients disproportionally African American, lack commercial insurance, or reside in lower-income communities
Third COVID-19 Vaccine Dose Tried in Organ Transplant Recipients
Six patients with low-positive antibody levels following standard vaccination achieved high-positive levels after dose 3
Hemodialysis Patients Have Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccine
But few kidney transplant recipients develop anti-spike SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after second mRNA vaccine dose