SPARSH Group of Hospitals thanks Fardeen Khan and his family for the generous and compassionate gift of organ donation.
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Written by Lee Farmer VCU Health has received approval from the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) to begin lung transplants at the Hume-Lee Transplant Center. Including VCU Health, there …
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Organ Donation
Lives of kidney disease patients could be saved by international changes to donor policy
by News Sourceby News SourceCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Thousands of kidney disease patients' lives around the world could be saved every year if countries adopted the UK's rules on organ donation, a new study …
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Kidney Transplantation
Fellow leads team in first awake kidney transplant with overnight hospital stay
by News Sourceby News SourceIn May, transplant surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, Kidney transplantation was performed while the patient was awake with only spinal anesthesia.similar to those used during caesarean sections. …
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Cookeville Regional Medical Center’s ICU clinical nurse Angela Craig and operating room director David Phillips talks about the …
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The circuit between the brain and the gut influences the gut microbiome and modulates the immune system. A study has uncovered an important brain-gut connection linking psychological state and changes …
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With his team's 5-1 victory over Spain, Hector Sanchez can truly say he has become an international soccer champion, albeit not in the way he had dreamed of as a …
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Lung Transplantation
Scoring system could mean improved access to lung transplants
by News Sourceby News SourceMany advances have been made in the field of organ transplantation over the years, and lung transplantation rates are showing an upward trend. Consider statistics. Since 2011, lung transplant rates …
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Liver Transplantation
Liver transplantation and comprehensive rehabilitation in the reversal of hepatic myelopathy: a case report
by News Sourceby News Source1 Introduction Hepatic myelopathy (HM) was first reported in 1949 (1). It is a rare complication of the central nervous system associated with the terminal stage of chronic liver disease, …