Tag: Organ Transplants
Renal Transplant Improves Survival in ESRD Due to Lupus
Survival benefit noted especially for cardiovascular disease in end-stage renal disease due to lupus nephritis
Liver Transplants for Alcohol-Linked Disease Increased From 2002 to 2016
Much of the increase due to decrease in hepatitis C virus infection as indication for transplant
Liver Transplant Survival May Improve With Race Matching
Race-matched donor organ tied to improved survival for African-Americans with HCC undergoing transplant
Elevated Risk for Lung CA in Lung Transplant Recipients Explored
13-fold increased risk found in native lung for those receiving single lung transplant
Survival Similar With Donor Hearts From Hepatitis C+ Donors
Second study shows no significant difference in patients' survival based on donor BMI
American Society of Nephrology, Oct. 23-28
The Annual Meeting of the American Society of Nephrology, Kidney Week 2018 Kidney Week, the annual meeting of the American Society of Nephrology,...
Accepting Increased-Risk Donor Heart Tied to Higher Survival
Survival benefit persists through five years from the time of offer for an increased-risk donor allograft
ASN: Kidneys Transplanted in France Would Be Discarded in US
Donor profile index of transplanted kidneys has risen modestly in US, with greater increase in France
Procurement Bx of Deceased Donor Kidneys Poorly Reproduced
Also do not correlate well with reperfusion biopsies, not linked to transplant outcomes
ACS: Accepting Liver From Older Donor Better Than Waiting
Candidates who accept organ from older donor have lower mortality within and beyond 90 days
