The following is the summary of “Dynamic changes of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in brain-dead donors and delayed graft function in kidney transplant recipients” published in the November 2022 issue of Renal failure by Zhang, et al. To read more, visit Physician’s Weekly.
Multilevel interventions, such as standardizing the evaluation process, utilizing telehealth improved access to kidney transplantation for African Americans, according to data published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Read more in Healio.
Among patients with liver failure with renal dysfunction, combined liver-kidney transplantation improves patient survival. However, according to Paolo Vincenzi, MD, and colleagues, kidney delayed graft function is a common and challenging complication that has a negative impact on clinical outcomes. Read more in Nephrology Times.
Although Black individuals suffer from kidney failure at a markedly increased rate compared with White individuals in the US, Black patients have reduced access to kidney transplants and are significantly underrepresented on kidney transplant waitlists. New research from the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows, however, that reducing structural barriers in access to kidney transplants can reduce inequity in tandem.
Read more from the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
Jailyn Mason and UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh had been in this situation before.
There was a kidney available for 9-year-old Jailyn, who also needs a small bowel transplant. To get the transplant, Jailyn had to travel to Pittsburgh from her home in Texas within a matter of hours – too fast to arrange flights on a commercial airline. Read the full story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
(Tribune News Service) — For two men — one an Eagles fan and the other a Chiefs supporter — a bond runs far deeper than their favorite teams’ forthcoming showdown in Super Bowl LVII.
Billy Welsh, of Cherry Hill, and John Gladwell, of Kansas City, Mo., met on a military base in 2001 while serving in the Marine Corps. Gladwell, then a Marine with years of experience under his belt, admitted he wasn’t too fond of the incoming recruit Welsh and his northeastern attitude. But today they share two things: a newfound football rivalry and a kidney.
Read the full story in Stars and Stripes.
The United States has a government agency solely devoted to reducing automobile deaths in the United States, and it spends billions of dollars each year—and requires auto companies to do likewise—in an attempt to make our nation’s roads and the cars that travel on them safer.
However, more people die from kidney disease than from automobile accidents, but we lack any concerted effort to reduce these deaths.
Read the full story in Forbes.
ABO blood-type compatibility between organ donors and recipients is crucial for safe transplantations. Across the different ABO blood groups, longer wait-times for a kidney transplant are often experienced by patients who have type B blood because it is a less common ABO blood type, resulting in fewer donors. Type B blood type is more prevalent among Black and Asians individuals. Black African Americans are more likely to require kidney transplants than other groups, making the limited number of type B kidney donors a contributor to health inequities. Read more from News Medical Life Sciences.
Randy Weber was one of the youngest Olympians back when he competed. Decades later, transplant pros, a friend who had served in the Marines and Randy’s teacher-brother all teamed up to save the skier’s life.
The Olympic ski jumper felt utterly calm as he stood on long skis at the top of a 300-foot-tower.
He breathed deeply, then took off, reaching 55 miles per hour as he flew through the air for several seconds over the length of a football field. Read the full story from UC Health.
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