outcomes

Children with cystic fibrosis (CF) who undergo a liver transplant alone have significantly better survival rates than those who receive a combined liver-lung transplant, according to a new analysis of U.S. …

Data preparation, cleaning, and feature encoding All observations with a transplant date earlier than November 8, 2022 were included. All waitlist (THORACIC_WL_DATA), peri-transplant (THORACIC_DATA), and follow-up features (THORACIC_FOLLOWUP_DATA) with at …

New research is shedding light on racial disparities in post-liver transplant outcomes among children with cholestatic liver disease. The analysis of United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) data identified greater …

Demand for usable donor lungs for transplant in the United States still outstrips supply despite decades of efforts to close the gap. A leading tool in those efforts has been …

Millions of people worldwide are affected by chronic kidney disease (CKD), putting them at an increased risk for kidney failure and the need for dialysis or kidney transplantation. Kidney transplantation …

CureusA Narrative Review on ECMO as a Bridge to Transplantation: Optimising Outcomes in Heart and Lung FailureExtracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) provides short-term cardiopulmonary support for patients with end-stage heart and …

Bangham CRM. HTLV-1 persistence and the oncogenesis of adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma. Blood. 2023;141:2299–2306. Google Scholar Gessain A, Cassar O. Epidemiological aspects and world distribution of HTLV-1 infection. Front Microbiol. 2012;3:388. …

A move toward using kidney failure risk, rather than a single measurement of kidney function, may help improve patient outcomes and reduce racial disparities in access to kidney transplantation, according …

A transitional dialysis program demonstrated a significant decrease in the use of emergency dialysis for uninsured patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD), according to the findings of a pilot study …

Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is considered standard of care in eligible patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and intermediate or adverse risk in first complete remission (CR) as …