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Op-Ed: Festle – Child’s organ-donation case sets troubling precedent
Fayetteville Observer But as a historian who has studied lung transplantation, I didn’t think it fair for those who rallied to save Sarah to characterize our existing national policy on organ transplants as arbitrary or senseless. When Congress created the nation’s organ … |
Quinolone prophylaxis for the prevention of BK virus infection in kidney …7thSpace Interactive (press release)A total of 154 patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing kidney transplantation will be randomized to receive a 3-month course of lev…
CEO Dorko to leave Lutheran Health NetworkFort Wayne Journal Gazette (blog)He was also instrumental in the expansion of the transplant center at Lutheran to include kidney transplantation. His leadership was crucial to the acquisitions of five physicia…
CBS NewsOrgan Transplantation In Children: What Is Ethical?Mondaq News Alerts (registration)New ethical questions have been spurred by the recent lung transplantation case involving a 10-year old girl from Pennsylvania. Sarah Murnaghan, who was diagnos…
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African-Americans on Medicaid are far less likely to receive living kidney …
EurekAlert (press release) “Living kidney transplantation is the optimal treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease, offering the best quality of life and longest survival,” said Amber Reeves-Daniel, D.O., assistant professor of nephrology at Wake Forest Baptist and … |
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Diabetes increased risk for mortality fivefold after lung transplantation
Healio SAN FRANCISCO — Diabetes could directly affect outcomes related to lung transplantation, Kathryn L. Hackman, MD, of Monash University and The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, said during a press conference here at ENDO 2013. “Diabetes was … |
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Pa. girl who fought for lung transplant improving, mom says
CBS News “Lung transplant is the most challenging transplant of all the organs,” said Dr. Joshua Sonett, who specializes in lung transplantation, told LaPook last week. “If she makes it through the transplant and makes it through the first year, she’s going to … New lungs buy time, don’t cure cystic fibrosisTriValley Central |
Nephropathic Cystinosis Treatment AvailableMonthly Prescribing ReferenceHowever, poor adherence to therapy has been a major challenge resulting in poor sustained control of cystine levels, and patients consequently experiencing poor clinical outcomes, …
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Diabetics Have Elevated Risk for Death After Lung Transplant
Medscape Results indicated that whether type 2 diabetes was diagnosed before lung transplantation or afterward, the patients’ survival after surgery was similar — and they died significantly earlier than those without the disease. Among patients with type 2 … |
Facebook helped boost organ donor registrationFox NewsIt also suggests that social media and social networks may be valuable tools in re-approaching refractory public health problems, said study researcher Dr. Andrew Cameron, the surgical director of l…