Exercise Performance With SynCardia's Total Artificial Heart Featured as Cover …MarketWatch (press release)Patients who participated in physical therapy early tended to have shorter waiting periods for heart transplantation (60 days vs. 89 days) …
Boston.comLiver Transplant Can Give Some Alcoholics a Second Chance, Says French StudyABC NewsNow, a new study by French researchers released Wednesday concludes that early liver transplantation can improve survival in patients with a first episode of …
Urinary tract infections in the early posttransplant period after liver …UroTodayWe performed an analysis of etiologic agents for urinary tract infections in the early posttransplant period after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) in adult recipi…
Alcoholic Hepatitis Combo Meds Don't Help Six-Month SurvivalDoctors LoungePhilippe Mathurin, MD, Ph.D. from the Hôpital Claude Huriez in Lille, France investigated whether early liver transplantation improves six-month survival in 26 patients with…
MD NewsEarlier Liver Transplant Improves Survival in Alcoholic HepatitisInternal Medicine News Digital NetworkPerforming liver transplantation early in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis unresponsive to medical therapy, rather than requiring that…
Hemodialysis Preferred Therapy in End-Stage Lupus NephritisDoctors LoungeMost patients with lupus nephritis end-stage renal disease undergo hemodialysis, and few receive peritoneal dialysis or pre-emptive kidney transplantation, according to a study pu…
Research and Markets: Heart Transplantation Global Clinical Trials Review, Q2 …Business Wire (press release)Heart Transplantation Global Clinical Trials Review, Q2, 2011" provides data on the Heart Transplantation clinical trial scenario. This r…
AASLD: Many Liver Recipients Fare Well 20 Years OutMedPage TodaySAN FRANCISCO — Quality of life and mental health for 20-year survivors of liver transplantation was comparable to that of the general population, and pediatric recipients had similar phy…
Urinary tract infections in the early posttransplant period after kidney …UroTodayUrinary tract infection (UTI) is among the most common infections in solid organ transplantation, especially in kidney transplantation. This study included 295 adult pa…
Londoners encouraged to keep donating organsLondon Free PressLondon's organ donation rates are higher than the national average, but "we can do better," says the organizer of an information evening Thursday emphasizing advances in heart-t…