Some Never Get COVID; Private Equity Targets Nurse Staffing Firms; $13K Donor Bill This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 16, 2022
Third Person 'Cured' of HIV via Transplant U.S. woman with leukemia gets cord blood resistant to HIV Feb 16, 2022
Recurrent Autoimmune Hepatitis Post-Liver Transplant: What Are the Risks? Probability of recurrent disease more than doubled from 5 to 20 years later Feb 09, 2022
Donor Hearts Can Withstand Longer Ischemic Times Over 4 hours not inherently more dangerous, one group finds Jan 31, 2022
CDC: Third Dose Guarded Immunocompromised From Severe COVID High VE for both immunocompromised and immunocompetent adults during Delta Jan 27, 2022
'Impressive' Survival for COVID Patients Undergoing Lung Transplant Early registry data showed COVID cases accounted for 7% of lung transplants nationwide Jan 26, 2022
Another Xeno First: Gene-Edited Pig Kidneys Transplanted to Deceased Person Kidneys produced urine, but creatinine clearance didn't recover Jan 20, 2022
Doc Who Branded His Initials in Patients' Livers Banned From Practice U.K. transplant surgeon, Simon Bramhall, had pled guilty to two counts of assault back in 2017 Jan 14, 2022
Did HIV Status Affect Transplant Patients' Long-Term Outcomes? Study argues liver, kidney transplantation is a viable option for patients with HIV Jan 06, 2022
Machine Perfusion Cuts Early Graft Dysfunction in Liver Transplantation Fewer ischemic biliary complications with portable normothermic perfusion system as well Jan 05, 2022
FDA OKs First Proteinuria Drug for IgA Nephropathy Supporting trial found budesonide lowered proteinuria by 34% when added to a RAS inhibitor Dec 16, 2021
A Look at Pig Kidneys in the Broader Transplantation Puzzle Advancements across the field are accelerating in real time Nov 29, 2021
The Right Ventricle Still Matters in LVAD Patients Right heart failure signaled trouble ahead in the Intermacs registry Nov 29, 2021
Is Weight Protective for NAFLD Patients Undergoing Transplant? UNOS data showed differences in waitlist removal, all-cause mortality based on obesity status Nov 18, 2021
Need for Liver Transplants Rising Sharply in Seniors Post-transplant mortality still higher versus younger patients, but improving over time Nov 17, 2021
Simvastatin-Treated Liver Donors May Aid Transplant Patient Outcomes Improved graft survival versus placebo in small randomized trial Nov 14, 2021
How Did the COVID Pandemic Affect Liver Transplant Outcomes? There was an impact on patient survival rates, but researcher acknowledges several confounders Nov 13, 2021
Injectable PH1 Therapy Also Effective in Advanced CKD Trial looked at patients with stages 3B through 5 chronic kidney disease Nov 07, 2021
Ethics Consult: Give New Heart to Woman on Death Row? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 29, 2021
With HVAD Out, Innovation Key to Mechanical Circulatory Support A debate on where LVAD innovation stands Sep 14, 2021
Death Disparity in Black Liver Transplant Patients Warrants Action The survival gap between Black and white patients has only gotten worse Sep 13, 2021
Transplant Docs Are Sticking With Invasive Biopsies After Heart Transplants Agreement that non-invasive alternatives to EMB are not ready for routine rejection surveillance Sep 13, 2021
Life Expectancy Still Lower for Blood or Marrow Transplant Recipients Although late mortality has decreased over the past 40 years Sep 09, 2021
Some Reassurance on Cognition in People With Older LVADs Will newer devices look even better for neurological outcomes? Sep 08, 2021
Can Liver Donor Biomarker Predict Liver Transplant Rejection? Findings could support a patient-centered approach to liver transplantation, expert says Aug 23, 2021
Kidney Transplant Outcomes Improved Over Past Quarter-Century Patient and graft survival rates have increased since 1996 Aug 18, 2021
Liver Transplant Sex Disparities Vanish With Living-Donor Access Women who qualified for deceased donor organs had significantly worse MELD scores Aug 18, 2021
Time to Break the Abstinence Rule Before Liver Transplants? Small study suggests alternative criteria to the "6-month rule" may be needed Aug 11, 2021
Anti-CD7 CAR-T Therapy Yields High Response Rate in Acute Leukemia Complete responses in 18 of 20 patients with relapsed/refractory T-cell ALL Aug 04, 2021
Ethics Consult: Is Oil Tycoon's Billboard for Liver Donor Ethical? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Jul 30, 2021
Call in the T-Cell Cavalry to Fight COVID in the Immunocompromised Preliminary research suggests immunotherapy could play role in protecting vaccine non-responders Jul 29, 2021
Shingrix OK'd for Immunocompromised Adults CDC's vaccine committee currently discussing vaccine for this population, manufacturer says Jul 26, 2021
FDA Breaks New Ground With Transplant Drug Approval No prospective trial offered or required Jul 19, 2021
FDA Panel Nearly Unanimous on Liver Transplant Perfusion Device Thumbs up on safety and efficacy Jul 15, 2021
Academic Cardiologists Singled Out for Gender Equality Problem Women still poorly represented, paid in procedural internal medicine specialties Jul 12, 2021
Some Liver Transplant Patients Got Hepatitis B From Donors Injection drug use may be mostly to blame, researcher says Jul 10, 2021
FDA Piles on New Warnings for Blood Volume Expanders Hydroxyethyl starch products shouldn't be used for low blood volume unless no other options exist Jul 09, 2021
Cases of Rare Liver Complication Seen With Severe COVID-19 Higher prevalence of condition in COVID patients than influenza patients, researcher says Jul 01, 2021
Novel Liver Assist Device Safe for Patients With Cirrhosis Small preliminary trial also shows hints of promising clinical results Jun 29, 2021
