By Scott Buzby
Concomitant chronic kidney disease and diabetes was prognostic of all-cause death and MI within 3 years among women undergoing drug-eluting stent implantation, according to new data. Read the full article in Healio.
Yes, your diet still plays a big role after a kidney transplant. It is important to keep a healthy weight and exercise regularly. A healthy, balanced diet will help prevent high blood pressure, high blood sugar, excess weight gain and promote overall wellness and health. Read the full article from National Kidney Foundation.
Mind Your Meds
One of the most important responsibilities you will have after getting your kidney transplant is following a prescribed and complex medication regimen.
Taking immunosuppressant (anti-rejection) medications will be required for the rest of your life. Read the complete article on CareDx.com.
By Shawn M. Carter
While SGLT2 inhibitors are often associated with bone and mineral metabolism irregularities, it remains unclear if these are linked to higher fracture risk in patients with chronic kidney disease, according to recently published research. Read the full article in Healio.
By Michael Monostra
Women who have gestational diabetes during pregnancy have a more than 11 times higher risk for developing diabetes than women who did not have gestational diabetes, according to a study published in Diabetes Care.
“Our findings highlight the importance of regular diabetes screening following gestational diabetes, particularly in the first 12 months following delivery, which was marked by the highest incidence of diabetes and least likelihood of glycemic control, in order to facilitate early detection and appropriate diabetes management,” Katharine McCarthy, PhD, MPH, assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, told Healio. Read the full article in Healio.
By Jennifer Southall
Adolescent and young adult survivors of kidney cancer appeared at significantly increased risk for left ventricular ejection fraction, according to study results published in Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network.
Nearly half of adolescents and young adults (AYAs) treated with sorafenib (Nexavar, Bayer) and one-third of those treated with sunitinib (Sutent, Pfizer) developed hypertension, researchers noted.
Read the full article in Healio.
By Mariah Taylor
UT Health Austin and Dell Children’s Medical Center physicians performed the world’s seventh pediatric partial heart transplant.
The surgery was performed June 23 on an 11-month-old baby who was born with a congenital heart defect condition. The baby’s valve between the lower left heart chamber and the main artery did not open fully, according to a July 10 system press release. The 11-hour surgery used valves from a donor heart as a complete transplant. Read more in Becker’s Hospital Review.
By Radina Gigova and Svitlana Vlasova, CNN
Amid the raging war and constant threat of Russian missiles, a successful heart transplant has been performed on a 6-year-old girl in Kyiv, authorities with the Heart Institute of Ukraine’s Ministry of Health announced on Monday.
The three-hour operation, which took place on Sunday evening, gave the girl the heart of a 4-year-old boy, whom doctors had declared brain dead after suffering an aneurysm. Read the full story on CNN.
A new data monitoring report contains key measures of the adult heart allocation system. The data indicates that adult heart transplants continue to increase following implementation of the updated allocation system, which was implemented October 18, 2018. Read the full article from UNOS.
A decade after its creation, faculty and students reflect on how a unique VCU School of Medicine course prepares the next generation of physicians.
By Laura Ingles
While prepping a patient in the ICU for a liver transplant, Danny Walden, M.D., absorbed the details the patient shared with a visiting social worker about traumatic events in her past.
He immediately recalled a lesson from his days at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and recognized what she divulged as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), which can lead to substance abuse and other long-term health issues.
Read the full article in the VCU Health News Center.