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Researchers observed significant variability in liver offer acceptance rates for pediatric transplant candidates within individual centers that were not explained by donor or recipient factors, according to recently published data.
“We observed an almost threefold difference in center-level liver offer acceptance for pediatric patients,” Ellen Mitchell, MD, from the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and colleagues wrote.
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By Joan Spitrey
 Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, along with nurses and other healthcare leaders from around the world recently launched Nursing Now. The global initiative hopes to raise the profile and status of nursing, with the ultimate goal of moving toward universal healthcare for all. The three-year campaign will run through 2020, ending on the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth — a year when nurses will be celebrated worldwide.
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MedPage Today
Liver-transplant patients may have a similar prevalence of new-onset fatty liver disease to that of the general population, according to an Italian review and meta-analysis. The results raise concerns about graft failure and the need for retransplantation among patients.
In the review of 2,166 patients, the pooled weighted prevalence of de novo non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) was 26%, reported Alfredo Di Leo, MD, of the University of Bari in Italy, and colleagues in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.
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News-Medical
COPD remains the leading indication for lung transplantation worldwide and accounts for one third of all lung transplants performed. In order to qualify for a lung transplant, patients receive an evaluation and undergo rigorous testing to identify and exclude those with an excessive burden of comorbid conditions. The body mass index, obstruction, dyspnea and exercise capacity (BODE) score is an evaluation used to inform prognostic considerations for potential lung transplantation patients.
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DailyNurse
On Feb. 15, 2018, the newest safe nurse staffing bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress.
In the past, several safe staffing bills have been presented in previous Congresses but have failed to pass committee. This bill, the Safe Staffing for Nurse and Patient Safety Act of 2018, is slightly different than previous iterations. Under this staffing legislation, Medicare-participating hospitals would be required to form committees that would create and implement unit specific, nurse-to-patient ratio staffing plans. At least half of each committee must comprise direct care nurses
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Medical Xpress
Isolated femoral condyle lesions account for 75% of the cartilage repair procedures performed in the knee joint, and physicians have a variety of techniques to consider as part of surgical treatment. Osteochondral allograft transplantation (OCA) is a valuable and successful approach for this condition, as described by research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in New Orleans.
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Renal & Urology News
With direct-acting antiviral prophylaxis, uninfected recipients of kidneys from hepatitis C (HCV)-positive donors appeared free of disease 1 year after transplantation, researchers reported in an online report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Investigators at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore tested the feasibility and tolerability of kidney transplantation from HCV-positive donors to HCV-negative recipients in 10 individuals older than 50 years.
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FierceHealthcare
Sign-on bonuses are a nice perk, but not necessarily enough to recruit nurses these days. So healthcare organizations are trying new ways to attract and retain nurses, not only offering to pay their tuition but also reimbursing college tuition for their children.
This has become the reality for many of the nation’s hospitals as many experienced RNs retire and not enough nurses are in the pipeline to fill those positions.
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