This message was sent to ##Email##
Advertisement
|
|
|
|
| |
ITNS is excited to announce that we will be offering a new, members-only benefit starting in February!
We understand how important it is for you to be able to connect, network, and learn from your peers in the transplant nursing community. However, we also know that it's difficult to find meaningful ways to engage with your fellow providers outside of in-person events hosted by ITNS or our local chapters.
To help address this challenge, we are thrilled to be launching an online community exclusively for ITNS members where you can engage in discussions and learn from your peers around the worlds anytime. We'll have more details in future emails. Stay tuned!
Journal of the American Medical Association
The shortage of deceased donor kidneys for transplants is an ongoing concern. Prior studies support transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury, but those investigations have been subject to selection bias and small sample sizes. Current allocation practices of AKI kidneys in the United States are not well characterized.
READ MORE
Cardiovascular Business
In just eight years, the world’s first completely robotic “hybrid” heart will be ready for transplant.
That’s according to a report from the U.K.’s Daily Mirror, which on Jan. 23 published an article claiming the innovation might completely eradicate the need for transplants within the next decade. Dutch physicians, including Jolanda Kluin of the University of Amsterdam, are working with the British Heart Foundation to develop the hybrid heart model, which will reportedly be made of soft artificial muscles and sensors and coated in lab-grown human tissue.
READ MORE
 |
|
Promoted by
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
Follow the journeys of kidney transplant patients who transitioned to a different immunosuppression regimen. After talking with their doctors about their experiences with other options, they decided to make a switch.
Watch video
|
|
The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation via Science Direct
Increasing numbers of women with thoracic transplants are planning and continuing pregnancies. However, pregnancy outcomes and risks to the mother and baby have not been systematically assessed.
MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane Central were searched from their inception to January 2018, to identify studies reporting outcomes on three or more pregnancies following thoracic transplants.
READ MORE
Hepatology via MD Linx
Using national data from the UK and Ireland, researchers sought to evaluate the influence of performance status on mortality separately for HCC and non-HCC recipients.
READ MORE
Advertisement
Veloxis Pharmaceuticals
Did you know there’s a transplant support system to help patients and providers with best-in-class assistance and resources? This ongoing support system assists with benefit investigation, prior authorization assistance, coordination with specialty pharmacies, prescription fulfillment navigation, and CoverMyMeds® access. There’s also a $0 co-pay card to overcome financial barriers.
Find out more
|
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases
Variations in candidate and donor acceptance criteria may influence access and mortality for liver transplantation. Researchers sought to understand how recipient and donor characteristics vary across centers and how patients interpret this information.
READ MORE
Mayo Clinic via EurekAlert!
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that subtle structural features in kidneys from living donors that can only be seen with a microscope may predict the risk of transplant failure in recipients. The findings are published online in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.
READ MORE
Cystic Fibrosis News Today
Cystic fibrosis patients with low body weight are not at increased risk of mortality after a lung transplant, compared to people with other lung diseases who require the transplant, a new study reports.
The findings were described in the study “Underweight patients with cystic fibrosis have acceptable survival after lung transplantation: a UNOS registry study,” which was published in the journal Chest.
READ MORE
|
|
|
|
7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063
|
