Tag: Organ Transplants
Mediterranean Diet May Preserve Function After Kidney Transplant
Risk reduced for graft failure, kidney function decline, graft loss per 2-point increase in adherence score
Donor Heart Acceptance Practices Vary Across Transplant Centers
Several key factors predicting nonuse, acceptance variability not tied to increased recipient mortality
Transplant Outcomes Similar With Lungs From ‘Increased-Risk’ Donors
Rejection, survival at one year did not differ compared with those receiving lungs from standard-risk donors
New Rules Seek to Increase Organ Transplants in U.S.
New rules include reimbursing donors for lost wages, tightening standards for organ procurement organizations
Organ Transplant Does Not Worsen Prostate Cancer Outcome
No increase in cancer-specific mortality seen in men with prostate cancer who receive organ transplants
Exposure to Air Pollution May Up Mortality After Heart Transplant
Estimated mortality hazard ratio 1.43 per 10 µg/m³ increment increase in annual PM2.5 exposure
Outcomes Poorer With New U.S. Donor Heart Allocation System
Early observations show lower waitlist mortality but higher posttransplant mortality or retransplantation
Policies Limit Medicaid Payment for Transplant in Alcoholic Liver Disease
Since 2011, proportion of Medicaid payment for liver transplant dropped for alcohol-related liver disease
Patient, Graft Survival Excellent for Twin Kidney Transplant
About half of kidney transplant recipients of identical-twin transplants did not get immunosuppression
Double Lung Transplant Performed for Vaping-Related Illness
At least 40 deaths linked with vaping-related lung damage have been reported by state health departments
