(NewsNation) — For tens of thousands of people seeking a liver transplant, it could be a lifeline. It is possible to grow a new liver within your own body. Biotechnology …
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Organ Donation
Pause to Give Life event recognizes organ donors and patients on the transplant list
by corey.keenanby corey.keenanApril 3rd, at hospitals nationwide. honor bridge The service area participated in the Pause to Give Life event to recognize the importance of organ donation. The Donate Life flag was …
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Dialysis
Akebia Receives FDA Approval of Vafseo® (vadadustat) Tablets for the Treatment of Anemia due to Chronic Kidney Disease in Adult Patients on Dialysis
Once-Daily Oral HIF-PH Inhibitor Activates Physiologic Response to Manage Anemia Akebia’s Launch Strategy Developed to Drive Toward a Potential New Oral Standard of Care Company to Host Conference Call on …
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Dialysis
New risk score helps cardiologists predict when TAVR patients will need dialysis
by News Sourceby News SourceThe team developed the TRITAVIpre score, which focuses on pretreatment variables associated with increased risk of RRT. Next, he added a procedural variable to the equation for another risk score, …
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Emotional effects
UHN Develops World-Unique Initiative to Care for the Mental Health of Transplant Patients – UHN Foundation
by Kevin Geddesby Kevin GeddesDr. Istvan Muksi, nephrologist at UHN Ajmera Transplant Center; Transplants save lives and significantly improve the quality of life for transplant recipients. At the same time, it can leave patients …
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Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco are working on a new approach to treating kidney failure, which could one day lead to people needing dialysis after a transplant …
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Dialysis
Researchers establish India’s first national standard for survival of hemodialysis patients
by News Sourceby News SourceKaplan-Meier plots of overall and center-specific survival. For aesthetic purposes, survival curves for only five centers are shown. One facility per mortality quintile was randomly selected. credit: Lancet Community Health …
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Dialysis
Cureus Factors Affecting Psoas Mass Index in Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis Introduction: Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including those on peritoneal dialysis (PD), suffer from sarcopenia.
by News Sourceby News SourceCureus Factors Affecting Psoas Mass Index in Patients Undergoing Peritoneal Dialysis Introduction: Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including those on peritoneal dialysis (PD), suffer from sarcopenia.
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Liver Transplantation
‘I know someone who played noughts and crosses on one’: meet the top surgeon who burned his initials on a patient’s liver | Doctors
On the morning of 21 August 2013, a patient with acute liver failure was on the urgent transplant list at Queen Elizabeth hospital, Birmingham (QEHB). If a donor couldn’t be …
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Bone marrow transplantion
Cedars-Sinai Cancer Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Patients Experience Excellent Outcomes
by News Sourceby News SourceNewswise — Los Angeles (March 14, 2024) — For the fourth year in a row; Blood and bone marrow transplant program Researchers in the Division of Blood and Cell Therapy …