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University of Pittsburgh via Medical Xpress
Living-donor liver transplant offers numerous advantages over deceased-donor transplant, including better three-year survival rates for patients and lower costs, according to new research from the UPMC Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
The findings, published online in the Annals of Surgery, highlight living donation as a viable, if not preferable, option for the more than 14,000 people currently on the waiting list, as well as many more who never qualify to be on the list under current allocation rules.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Although research shows that minorities exhibit higher levels of medical mistrust, perceived racism, and discrimination in healthcare settings, the degree to which these underlying sociocultural factors preclude end‐stage renal disease patients from initiating kidney transplant evaluation is unknown.
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Ovid
Organ transplantation is a risk factor for Clostridium difficile infection. After intestinal transplantation, few data are available on the impact of this graft infection and the possible induction of rejection.
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By Chelsea Adams
 A study recently presented at the American Transplant College shows that the gut's microbiome plays a significant role in whether a transplant recipient will develop a viral infection of not. "Our results confirm and extend the novel association between the gut microbiome and the development of viral infections from stem cell transplant recipients to solid organ graft recipients," Dr. John Lee and colleagues wrote in the abstract. "Altogether, these findings support targeting the gut microbiota as a strategy to prevent and/or treat viral infections."
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Cancer Therapy Advisor
Non-dialysis patients with advanced CKD diagnosed with renal malignancies grapple with the dual threat of renal failure and cancer progression. When choosing between functional or oncologic risks, many patients will ask about renal transplantation. Discussions of this option are complicated by statistical realities.
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Pulmonology Advisor
The inclusion of Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Patient Registry variables in the lung allocation score calculation allowed for enhanced discrimination of disease severity among lung transplant waitlisted candidates with cystic fibrosis, thus providing improved access for those at the highest risk for death. In addition, patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease also had improved access to transplantation, specifically when forced expiratory volume in one second was included as one of the clinical parameters.
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LWW Journals
Using Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipient data, researchers studied a national cohort of all U.S. adult, deceased brain dead donor isolated livers available for transplantation from 2003 to 2016, including organ-specific and system-wide factors that may affect organ procurement and discard rates.
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LWW Journals
More people who have personally consented to organ donation via First Person Authorization registration prior to death become organ donors than those not personally consenting. The majority of registrations occur at state-specific department of motor vehicle and licensing offices where people register their vehicles and obtain driver's licenses.
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