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Berlin abstracts are due Wednesday, 23 August! The ITNS Annual Symposium Planning Committee invites you to present at the European Transplant Nursing Symposium, “Transplant Nursing in a Globalized World” at Swissôtel Berlin AM Kurfürstendamm from 28-30 June 2018. The submission deadline is Wednesday, 23 August 2017 by midnight (CT). Click here to submit an abstract for European Symposium in Berlin.
The ITNS Annual Symposium Planning Committee invites you to present at the Transplant Nursing Symposium, “Transplant Nurses: Leaders in Excellence,” at the Hilton Rosemont Chicago O’Hare in Rosemont, IL from 28-30 September 2018. The submission deadline is Wednesday, 18 October 2017 by midnight (CT). Click here to submit an abstract for the Transplant Nursing Symposium in Chicago.
This document addresses the role, scope, and standards of nursing practice for the specialty of transplant nursing. The scope of practice addresses the definition of transplant nursing, its various levels of practice based on educational preparation recognizing its worldwide variations, current clinical practice activities and sites, and current evidence-based practice relevant to transplant nursing. The standards of transplant nursing practice are objective, measurable statements of the responsibilities for which all transplant nurses are accountable. Get your copy today!
Medical News Today
In theory, transplanting insulin-producing cells into the body should work as a treatment for type 1 diabetes. However, in practice, researchers face many challenges, especially in finding a non-hostile environment for the cells. Now, a new study describes a tissue engineering approach that may create a suitable environment under the skin.
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The Atlantic
As a matter of biology, brain death is catastrophic for the body.
Yes, the heart can still beat and a ventilator can provide oxygen, but there is no brain to coordinate the tasks of staying alive. Hormones that tell organs what to do are out of whack. Inflammatory molecules flood the body. Cells die. “You can see the kidneys don’t work as well, the lungs don’t work was well, and the heart can look stunned,” says Darren Malinoski, a trauma surgeon at Oregon Health and Science University.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Legionnaires’ disease, a severe pneumonia, is typically acquired through inhalation of aerosolized water containing Legionella bacteria. Legionella can grow in the complex water systems of buildings, including health care facilities. Effective water management programs could prevent the growth of Legionella in building water systems.
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By Dorothy L. Tengler
 Although studies have illustrated the importance of stethoscope hygiene and guidelines have been established, healthcare professionals rarely comply. Failure to disinfect stethoscopes could be as serious as ignoring hand hygiene, and healthcare providers are rarely performing stethoscope hygiene between patients. The question remains: How can we change this? Standard education may not be the answer to the problem.
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Healio
Vorinostat appeared safe and effective combined with standard graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis for patients undergoing matched unrelated donor hematopoietic stem cell transplantation with myeloablative conditioning, according to a single-center, prospective phase 2 study published in Blood.
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Medical Xpress
A routinely used hospital tool can predict which liver transplant recipients are more likely to do poorly after surgery, according to a study led by Cedars-Sinai. The findings could help doctors identify which patients should receive physical therapy or other targeted interventions to improve their recovery.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Donation after circulatory death (DCD) liver transplantation (LT) reportedly yields inferior survival and increased complication rates compared with donation after brain death (DBD). We compare 100 consecutive DCD LT using a protocol that includes thrombolytic therapy (late DCD group) to an historical DCD group (early DCD group n = 38) and a cohort of DBD LT recipients (DBD group n = 435).
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By Keith Carlson
 As a profession with an illustrious history and the great respect of the general public, nursing is a career that calls both men and women to its ranks. But even as nurses gain increasing clinical autonomy and the ability and vision to launch their own businesses, the nursing game hasn't necessarily changed for those who still feel stuck. Even as more doors open for nurses to pursue their dreams, many find themselves caught in a trap of feeling pigeonholed.
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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Bone marrow mononuclear cell fraction has been used as therapy for dilated cardiomyopathy in adults. Although case series are reported, there are no randomized controlled studies in children.
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Medscape (free login required)
Myles Kane was 34 and living in Brooklyn, New York, when he got the news that his liver failure, caused by an autoimmune condition, had progressed to the transplant stage. Soon after he was listed at the Recanati/Miller Transplantation Institute at Mount Sinai in New York City, his physician gave him a piece of advice that might have saved his life: look at the numbers and get on the list in another region as well.
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