Pulmonary Hypertension for Liver Transplantation
A 54-year-old male is considered for liver transplantation because of hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis, Child-Turcotte-Pugh class C, and pulmonary hypertension. Would you transplant?
Category : Organ Transplants & Donation : Health & Medical
Racial Disparities in Organ Transplantation
Dr. Robert J. Stratta reviews a study examining whether Medicare coverage for simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplantation affects racial disparities in patient access to transplantation.
Liver Transplant Survival by Waiting Time in HCC
Does a prolonged waiting list time for hepatocellular carcinoma candidates have a negative impact in posttransplant survival?
Study Confirms Safety of Living Donor Nephrectomy
A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine looks at long-term consequences of kidney donation.
Regulatory Failure and Deaths of Live Kidney Donors
Hemorrhagic deaths of living kidney donors from failure of vascular clips have continued due to postoperative Hem-o-lok clip failure -- since 2006.
Composite Tissue Allograft Extends Helping Hand to Transplant Immunologists
Experience with hand and other composite tissue transplants offers many insights for the transplant immunologist.
Impact of Medical Treatment on Heart Transplantation
Response from Jon Kobashigawa, MD, to reader's question: Has the need for/number of heart transplants performed decreased due to better medical treatment of the patient with heart disease?
Rapid Resolution of Proteinuria of Native Kidney Origin
After the immediate post-transplant period, proteinuria cannot be attributed to the native kidneys, and work up for proteinuria should focus on the allograft.
Donor-Specific HLA Alloantibodies in Liver Transplantation
Advances in intensive care, immunosuppression, and disease management have dramatically improved liver allograft survival. What role is played by donor-specific HLA antibodies?
Polyomavirus in Solid Organ Transplantation
Polyomavirus infection has become an increasingly important complication of renal transplantation and has begun to be reported after other types of solid organ transplantation.
TB Prophylaxis in Patient 1 Week After Kidney Transplantation?
Recommendations for latent TB prophylaxis in a patient 1 week after kidney transplantation with a positive PPD who developed hepatitis requiring hospitalization after 2 months of INH.
Risk Factors for Retransplant Kidney Recipients
Are outcomes from initial transplants significant risk factors for repeat transplants or relisting -- after a failed primary transplant?
HCV Infection and Kidney Transplantation in 2014
Get current on management strategies for HCV infection in kidney transplantation, learning more about recent advances in interferon-free treatment regimens.
DDAs for Chronic HCV Infection in Liver Transplant Patients
Direct acting antiviral agents provide new opportunities for treatment of HCV recurrence, but are there pitfalls?
Targeted vs Universal Antifungal Prophylaxis in Liver Transplant
Is targeted antifungal prophylaxisfeasible and safe for liver transplant recipients?
Social Media and Organ Donor Registration
Social media friends may be helpful when it comes to getting more registered organ donors.
Multiple-Listing for Cadaveric Kidney and Liver Transplantation
The gap between the number of transplantable organs from deceased donors and the number of patients awaiting transplantation continues to increase each year.
ASTS Second Annual Winter Symposium 2002
Novel interventions have renewed interest in the field of solid organ preservation for transplantation.
Optimizing Cadaveric Organ Procurement
The success of organ transplantation has led to an big increase in the number of patients admitted to the waiting lists in recent years.
Multi-organ Transplantation in the Setting of Scarcity
Multi-organ transplantation offers substantial benefits, including avoiding serial surgeries. However, multi-organ transplant candidates in the US commonly receive priority for their nonprimary organ over many who need that organ, which may undermine equity.