Transplantation
Bisphosphonates or vitamin D reduce fracture risk after organ transplantation
Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
1:22 | Posted on Sep 7, 2011 in
Endocrinology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Transplantation
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The high risk of fractures in the first year after solid organ transplantation can be roughly halved with bisphosphonate or vitamin D treatment, according to the results of a meta-analysis reported in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism published online August...
Tandem stem-cell transplants for myeloma improve survival
Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
1:47 | Posted on Jul 7, 2011 in
Critical Care, Hematology-Oncology, Oncology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Transplantation
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma do better when they are given an autologous stem-cell transplant followed by an allogeneic transplant from a matched sibling than do those receiving only autologous transplantation, according to the results of a multicenter...
Low-dose interferon safe, quite effective for dialysis patients with hepatitis C
Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast
1:59 | Posted on Mar 10, 2011 in
Hospitalist, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Reuters Health • The Doctor's Channel Daily Newscast, Transplantation
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A low-dose regimen of peginterferon, without ribavirin, produces a sustained virologic response in up to 40% of patients with chronic hepatitis C and end-stage renal disease on dialysis, results of an international study indicate.
Hepatitis C virus infection is associated...
Excessive fluid restriction has risks in major abdominal surgery: study
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Jan 6, 2011
MELD score is fair to patients waiting for liver re-transplant: study
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Dec 27, 2010
Better ventilation strategy saves lungs for transplant
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Dec 17, 2010
Starting dialysis too early has risks: study
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Dec 9, 2010
Sirolimus does not decrease rejection risk in lung transplantation
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Oct 8, 2010
Post-Operative Thyroid Treatment Not Beneficial
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Aug 19, 2010
Prophylactic azithromycin reduces bronchiolitis obliterans rates in lung transplantees
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Jun 29, 2010
Younger cirrhosis inpatients at risk for venous thromboembolism
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Jun 4, 2010
Deadly fungal infections often occur late after organ transplantation
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Mar 29, 2010
No drop in survival seen with smaller living donor liver grafts
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Nov 17, 2009
Erythropoietin-induced high Hgb levels may increase mortality in kidney recipients
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Nov 10, 2009
Coronary angiography safe for patients with chronic kidney disease
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Oct 16, 2009
Multi-organ transplant in children
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Oct 3, 2009
Donor dopamine treatment improves kidney graft function
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Sep 10, 2009
Hepatitis C virus impacts survival after liver transplantation
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Aug 20, 2009
Smoking does not up mortality in liver transplant recipients
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Jul 20, 2009
Knee cartilage cell transplantation
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Jun 12, 2009
The Ethics of Facial Transplants
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Jun 9, 2009
Cases of leukoencephalopathy associated with rituximab therapy
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Jun 2, 2009
Stem cell transplant capable of reversing type 1 diabetes
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Apr 15, 2009
Nitazoxanide added to treatment of hepatitis C genotype 4 improves outcome
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Mar 24, 2009
CMV Prophylaxis in Pediatric Transplant Patients
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Mar 16, 2009
Managing acute liver failure in a transplant center
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Mar 10, 2009
Mortality high in patients with systemic scleroderma and pulmonary hypertension
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Feb 11, 2009
Catheter-based myoblast transplantation feasible and safe
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Jan 26, 2009
