Normothermic Machine Perfusion Improves Outcomes in Liver Transplant Recipients
Nearly doubled use of donor livers from cadavers compared with ischemic cold storage Donor liver...
Transplantation
Inhaled Epoprostenol May Be An Alternative to Inhaled Nitric Oxide After Lung Transplantation
Single-center study finds similar risks for PGD-3 with both In patients undergoing lung...
Liver Transplant: As Playing Field Leveled, Costs Skyrocketed
Dramatically increased fees tied to organs that cross service-area boundaries The newly...
FDA Approves Tacrolimus for Lung Transplants in Adults, Kids
The first immunosuppressant approved for this population The FDA has approved tacrolimus in...
Novel HCC Selection Tool: Better Outcome Predictor for Liver Transplant Patients
More accurate prediction of recurrence risk may expand liver transplantation to previously...
Long-Term Corticosteroids Not Necessary After Kidney Transplant
No increased risk of allograft failure in patients who discontinued treatment The use of long-term...
Organ Donation After Cardiac Death Has Unique Challenges
Resumption of cardiac activity following life support withdrawal not unusual Even in 2021,...
Frailty Tied to Gender Gap in Liver Transplant Wait-List Mortality
Women with cirrhosis displayed worse frailty scores despite similar liver disease severity Women...
Oxygen Delivered During Donor Kidney Preservation is Easy, Safe, Adds Minimal Cost
Also associated with improved outcomes Supplemental oxygen delivered along with hypothermic...
Heart Transplant: UNOS Policy Cut Wait Times, Mortality, but Post-transplant Survival Increased
Experts call for reconsideration of 2018 policy change Changes in the U.S. United Network for...
Considering Lung Transplant Frailty
The goal of lung transplantation is to improve quality of life (QOL) and extend survival for patients with advanced lung disease. The degree to which individual lung transplant recipients achieve these goals is highly variable....
CME – Conference Highlights: AATS 2020
This course discusses the key findings of five studies presented at the 2020 virtual Annual...
