Tag: Organ Transplants
Medicaid Expansion Increases Access to Kidney Transplants
Increases in Medicaid-covered preemptive kidney transplants greater in Medicaid expansion states
Hep C-Viremic Kidneys Increasingly Used for Transplant
One-year eGFR similar for HCV-seronegative recipients receiving HCV-viremic, non-HCV-viremic kidneys
Underused Drug Combo May Up Survival in Lung Transplant
No antibody induction therapy with sirolimus plus tacrolimus associated with maximal survival
Offers of Viable Deceased Donor Kidneys Frequently Refused
Eighty-four percent of kidneys declined on behalf of at least one candidate before being accepted
Rule Changes for Donor Organs Could Increase U.S. Kidney Transplants
Use of French-based allocation model would allow transplant of 62 percent of discarded U.S. kidneys
Factors ID’d in Pregnancy Chances After Kidney Transplant
Likelihood of pregnancy after kidney transplant higher for Hispanic versus white women
Superior Outcomes Seen for Living Donor Liver Transplant
Living donor versus deceased donor liver transplant also yields less resource utilization
President to Sign Order to Improve Kidney Disease Care
Goals include disease prevention, switch to at-home dialysis, early transplants
Adding Clinical Variables Aids in Lung Allocation for Transplants
New variables ID the sickest waitlist candidates with cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Overdose-Death Donor Hearts Suitable for Transplant
Proportion of cardiac transplantations from ODDs increased; no difference seen in terms of overall survival
