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Updated What You Should Know: Diet and Exercise After Transplant and Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle After Transplantation patient education pamphlets are now available!
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Patient Engagement HIT
Nurses say patient engagement technology helps improve their workflows and patient care, but only if they receive proper education about the tools.
As healthcare organizations turn to patient engagement technologies to enhance care, they should ensure strong provider buy-in and education, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research.
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American Society of Nephrology via MedPage Today
Initiating rapid withdrawal from steroids following kidney transplant cuts down on the risk of post-transplant diabetes in immunologically low-risk patients, a researcher said. In a study of 587 kidney transplant patients, two groups of patients who underwent rapid steroid withdrawal experienced post-transplant diabetes rates of 24 percent and 23 percent compared with 39 percent in a control group, said Christian Hugo, MD, of University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, in Germany, at the American Society of Nephrology's Kidney Week.
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The Times of India
The cost of liver transplant will be reduced by at least Rs 5 lakh if organ donation takes place in Bhopal, according to experts.
"UW solution," the cold storage fluid in which liver is preserved costs about Rs 3 lakh while cold storage of kidney costs around Rs 1,000. If the donated liver is not transported from Indore to Bhopal, the cost will be reduced by Rs 5 lakh or more, said Siddhanta Red Cross Super Speciality Hospital (SRC) medical director Dr Subodh Varshney.
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Reuters
Hospitals that implement safe patient handling and moving policies may find these practices associated with fewer injuries among healthcare workers, a small study suggests.
Researchers analyzed data on 1,832 patient care providers at two U.S. hospitals — one that started a safety program and one without these policies in place.
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The Medical News
A new method which doubles the usual time donor lungs can remain outside the body can benefit patients, staff and allow retrieval of donor lungs across greater geographical areas, says a study published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
After retrieval, donor lungs are usually bathed in an organ-preserving solution, inflated with oxygen and kept on ice less than eight hours. If too much time passes before the organ can be transplanted, the organ may become too damaged to be used. The maximum acceptable time in most centers has been 6 to 8 hours.
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HealthDay News
For people with chronic kidney disease, poor sleep may boost the chances that their illness will worsen, new research suggests.
"Short sleep and fragmented sleep are significant yet unappreciated risk factors for chronic kidney disease progression," said study author Dr. Ana Ricardo, of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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Nurse.com
Chances are, at some point in your career you will face discord with a patient or a patient’s family. Sometimes a conflict arises over how the family member is being cared for or the patient may be anxious about the plan of care.
Anxiety can be the basis of most conflicts in healthcare settings. Although not unique to healthcare, anxiety can cause nervousness, fear, apprehension and worry.
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