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ABC news
Australian and American researchers have identified several genes that hold the key to determining the future outcome of a kidney transplant, in what has been described as a landmark breakthrough in medical research.
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The New York Times
Should you be listed as an organ donor on your driver’s license if you are a cancer survivor?
Maybe. The medical team considering organs for transplant after such a donor’s death would need to learn the person’s full medical history from the family. The use of any organs would depend on a complex set of factors, medical authorities say.
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Medscape
The likelihood of a deceased donor kidney being procured and transplanted may depend on the day of the week it becomes available, according to a study published in the issue of Kidney International.
Sumit Mohan, M.D., MPH, from the Division of Nephrology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York City, and colleagues report that as many as one in five deceased donor kidneys may be discarded because of the so-called "weekend effect," leading experts to call for a reevaluation of resource allocation in transplant centers and the factors that contribute to utilization decisions.
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Seminars in Dialysis
Late referral of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD) for evaluation of kidney transplantation is common. Even though renal transplantation offers a clear survival benefit to patients with advanced CKD and ESRD and should be considered the renal replacement therapy of choice, numerous barriers to early renal transplant referral have been observed.
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ABC News
The first American patient to undergo a double hand transplant is speaking out about his experience. Seven years after making headlines, Jeff Kepner, 64, is drawing attention to the risks of experimental surgery by revealing he cannot move his transplanted hands at all.
"I have zero mobility with my hands," Kepner, 64, told ABC News. "I can’t hold a pencil."
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NPR
Imagine your heart can no longer pump enough blood to your vital organs. Even minimal exercise tires you out, and you're often short of breath when lying flat. Your lungs are accumulating fluid. Your kidneys and liver are impaired.
You've been hospitalized and started on an intravenous drug that improves your heart's ability to contract. It has helped, but it is not a long-term solution. You need a new heart.
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Kaiser Health News
Users of Tinder, the popular online dating app, usually swipe right on their mobile screens to gain a potential match. Come September, the same action might allow them to save lives by registering to be an organ donor.
The donor registration drive is the culmination of the partnership between Tinder and a nonprofit group called Organize, which aims to end the organ donor shortage.
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Abilene Reporter-News
Arguably, among the most exclusive waiting lists are those for organ transplantation. This is an expensive "do-or-die" medical procedure with limited availability. In the U.S., kidney transplant waiting list time wait varies from 5 to 189 months, with only four having times of less than twelve months.
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HCP Live
The MD Magazine Peer Exchange “Managing Heart Failure Today: Current Best Practices and New Treatment Options” features a panel of physician experts discussing key factors to consider when making treatment decisions for patients with heart failure and their own clinical experiences with recently approved medications for the treatment of heart failure.
This Peer Exchange is moderated by Peter Salgo, MD, professor of medicine and anesthesiology at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and an associate director of Surgical Intensive Care at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
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Channel 3000
While I suspect we will never fully take for granted the miracle of organ transplants, the life-saving operation is certainly viewed today as commonplace and increasingly successful. That was not so 50 years ago when the University of Wisconsin University Hospital became one of the first medical centers in the country to start a transplant program.
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News-Medical
Team training of healthcare employees can reduce patient mortality by 15 percent, according to a new study from Rice University, the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, the University of Central Florida, the U.S. Department of Defense and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center.
"Saving Lives: A Meta-Analysis of Team Training in Health Care" found that team training can also reduce medical errors by 19 percent. Team training is an instructional strategy aimed at improving team-based knowledge, skills, attitudes and problem-solving interactions.
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Science Daily
A multicenter team of researchers led by Barbara Murphy, M.D., of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has identified a panel of genes which can help predict whether a transplanted kidney will later develop fibrosis, an injury which can cause the organ to fail. Their results were published in the recent edition of Lancet.
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