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UCLA Football Team Members Visit Kids at Loma Linda University Children’s …
PR Web (press release) … just for kids, one of the largest Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU) in the country, and more than 100,000 children who come each year, LLUCH is a major pediatric teaching facility, known worldwide as the pioneer of neonatal heart transplantation. |
PCDOH Announces Expanded Services to Screen for Hepatitis CPhilipstown.infoHepatitis C infection is the leading reason for liver transplantation in the U.S., and is expected to result in healthcare costs topping $80 billion in the next ten years. For f…
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There’s nothing rational about deciding who lives and who dies
Quartz The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network does not think so, and has crafted organ-specific allocation rules that incorporate this philosophy. For lung transplantation, a lung allocation score is calculated for every potential adult recipient … |
Learn the facts about hepatitisNews SentinelBut hepatitis B and C are the leading causes of liver cancer and the most common reason for liver transplantation. Hepatitis C is usually spread through blood from an infected person. Before widespread screen…
Statins may protect cirrhotic patients from infectionHealioLiver transplantation was performed in 0.5% of cases, and 0.1% of participants died during follow-up. Use of statins (adjusted HR=0.42; 95% CI, 0.36-0.48) and other cholesterol medications (aHR…
AARP News (blog)Age 60 or Older? You Need Yearly Kidney Disease TestAARP News (blog)African-Americans, however, develop kidney disease at a younger age, and have a higher lifetime risk of end-stage kidney disease, when dialysis or kidney transplantatio…
Bigger the lung, better the transplant successMedical News TodayAccording to the University of Michigan Transplant Center, around 1,500-1,700 people in the US undergo lung transplantation every year. There is an average 5-year survival rate of 50-60% f…
The New Indian ExpressFirst successful liver transplant at KIMSThe New Indian Express… Dr Jacob John, Dr Manoj K S, Dr Deepak, Dr Varghese, Dr Sudheer and other specially trained clinical and paramedical staff. The KIMS liver transplantation unit boa…
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Bigger Lungs Improve Odds of Transplant Survival, Study Finds
Health.com “We found that oversized (lungs), up to a point, were associated with improved survival after lung transplantation. We would hope that recipients, within surgically feasible limits, could be listed for higher donor height ranges and ultimately have a … |
ATS publishes clinical practice guideline on ILD in infancyMedical XpressFor infants with severe, life threatening chILD diseases, referral to a pediatric lung transplantation center after discussion with the family is recommended. Given the limited ev…