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Program aims to address inequities in transplant among Black patients

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A program in Chicago is helping historically underrepresented groups gain improved access to a kidney transplant, a presenter said here.

The aim of the Northwestern Medicine African American Transplant Access Program (AATAP), led by transplant surgeon Dinee C. Simpson, MD, FACS, is “to break down barriers to transplant care in the African American community through access to education, resources and quality transplant care,” according to the AATAP website.
Read the full story in Healio.

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Post-Transplant NASH Patients Fare Worse With Older Donor Livers

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By Lucy Hicks

Liver transplant recipients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) who received grafts from older donors are at higher risk for post-transplant death, especially due to infection, according to a new study.

All-cause mortality was twice as high and death from an infectious cause was more than three times as high for patients with NASH who received liver grafts from octogenarian donors than for those who received a liver from someone younger than 50.
Read more in Medscape.

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Boosting kidney transplants in Western New York

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Raising awareness on March 9, World Kidney Day, and all year long, about kidney health and transplants is the goal of a UB surgeon and her community partners

By Ellen Goldbaum

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Of all the organs that can be transplanted, kidneys, by far, are the organ in greatest demand. Kidney failure can take years to develop but there are typically few symptoms until irreparable damage has been done. Read more from the University at Buffalo News Center.

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Five myths about living kidney donation debunked

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More than 100,000 people need an organ in the United States. Of those patients, almost 90,000 are waiting to receive a kidney. We can all check that box on our license to donate an organ if something happens to us, but did you know you could save a life now?

Living donors can lead healthy, long lives and save others. Kidneys from living donors are superior in almost every way. There are fewer complications, the kidney begins to work sooner, and it allows flexibility in planning surgeries. Read more from Dartmouth Health.

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Early readmissions post kidney transplantation: lessons learned.

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Mar 6, 2023

Contributor: M Moein,I M Vlassis,L Kim,M Hanlon,R Saidi

Kidney transplantation (KT) is the gold standard treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Hospital readmissions post-transplant is a common complication and can be considered an indication of avoidable morbidity and hospital quality, and there is a significant correlation between EHR and adverse patient outcomes. This study aimed to assess the readmission rate following kidney transplants, the underlying causes, and possible ways to prevent it.
Read more in Physician’s Weekly.

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VCU Health Hume-Lee Transplant Center taps robot for partial living liver donor transplants

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VCU Health plans for first fully robotic liver living-donor transplants in 2023.

By Jeff Kelley
 
After learning her blood and anatomy was a match, Katherine Rudolph considered the implications of donating part of her liver to her dad.
 
Her future, as a mother of two young kids. Her recovery, including weeks of being unable to lift, and time away from teaching high school Spanish. Would it burden her family and husband? And, of course, there was the abdominal scar. Read more from VCUHealth News Center.

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Mortality From COVID-19 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over Time

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Yorg Al Azzi, MD, and colleagues at Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, conducted an analysis to examine the variation in mortality from SARS-CoV-2 infection in kidney transplant recipients during the course of the pandemic. Results were reported during a poster session at the American Society of Nephrology Kidney Week 2022 in a poster titled Decreased Mortality From SARS-CoV-2 in Kidney Transplant Recipients Over the Course of the Pandemic. Read more in Nephrology Times.

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500 extra steps per day could reduce CV risk for adults 70 years and older

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For every 500 extra steps per day, or an additional one-quarter mile walked, adults aged 70 years or older could reduce risk for a CVD event by approximately 14%, a speaker reported.

The results of a substudy from the ARIC cohort were presented at the American Heart Association’s Epidemiology, Prevention, Lifestyle & Cardiometabolic Health Scientific Sessions 2023. Read the full story in Healio.

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