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Nephrology News & Issues
Broadening the geographic range that a number of deceased-donor kidneys would be available would increase the number of transplants and improve the lives of patients unlikely to receive one based on where they live, according to study published in Production and Operations Management.
“The problem is there is a big disparity across different geographies,” said Mazhar Arikan, associate professor of supply chain management in the University of Kansas School of Business and co-author of the study.
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Texas Medical Center
For the past two centuries, the stethoscope has been the iconic symbol of medicine. But that could soon change. As a professor of internal medicine and director of UTMB's Echocardiography Lab, Masood Ahmad, MD, has implemented a new course for second-year medical students in Point of Care Echocardiography. Instead of using a stethoscope to "auscultate," or listen for heart sounds, students are trained to use a small portable ultrasound device that can get real-time images of the heart right at the bedside.
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The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation
After 3 decades of practice, lung transplantation in children remains a formidable challenge. Morbidity and mortality before and after transplantation are significant and the required infrastructure and expertise is extensive. It has recently been reported that low-volume pediatric centers and adult-oriented centers have inferior post-transplant survival outcomes among children.6 The case volume–outcome relationship has also been more widely applied to the field of adult lung transplantation
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Daily Nurse
Simulation is being used more and more in nursing schools as well as in other types of educational situations for experienced nurses.
Christine Park, MD, president of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, a professor of anesthesiology and medical education and co-director of the Graham Clinical Performance Center at the University of Illinois at Chicago, took time to answer questions about simulation and how it’s being utilized in the nursing field.
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Liver Transplantation
Patients with cirrhosis who are awaiting liver transplantation (LT) are at high risk for developing critical illnesses. Current liver allocation policies that dictate a “sickest first” approach coupled with a mismatch between need and availability of organs result in longer wait times, and thus, patients are becoming increasingly ill while awaiting organ transplantation.
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Nurse.org
There was a time when nursing was mostly made up of young women who went straight into the profession after high school and worked their way up.
Today, the nursing workforce comes from diverse backgrounds, spans four generational age groups, not to mention that there are lots of men in the mix, too. In fact, many people enter nursing as a second career, and therefore, bring with them experience from other industries.
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LifeScienceDaily
A recently conducted clinical trial has shown that corneas can be safely stored for 11 days without impacting the success of transplantation surgery to restore vision in people with cornea diseases.
Currently, corneas, the eyes clear outer covering, are stored for no more than seven days before transplant surgery.
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American Journal of Transplantation
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common malignancy worldwide. Some studies suggest that organ recipients are at a higher risk for CRC than the general population. The underlying transplant indications and their inherent risk factors for CRC may drive the variation in incidence rates that are seen in patients receiving different allografts. Recipients with cystic fibrosis are now recognized as a population at high risk for CRC at a young age.
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Liver Transplantation
The efficacy of cold in situ perfusion and static storage of the liver is a possible determinant of transplantation outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine whether there is evidence to substantiate a preference for a particular perfusion route (aortic or dual) or perfusion/preservation solution in donation after brain death (DBD) liver transplantation.
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