SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — While the evaluation process and placement of patients on the transplant waitlist can be a challenge, maintaining their readiness has equal importance, a speaker at the Cutting Edge of Transplantation Summit said. Read more in Healio.
Fred Hutch study suggests certain immune cells are source of antibodies that attack donated organs
Each day, 13 patients awaiting transplants for severe kidney disease in the U.S. lose their lives before a compatible kidney can be found.
Frequently, it is simply that there are not enough donated organs available, but sometimes it is because the right donor is too rare. Of the 92,000 people in U.S. waiting this year for a kidney transplant, about one in ten will have an especially hard time finding a compatible donor. Read more from the Fred Hutch News Service.
A new method of donor-lung distribution is projected to decrease the number of candidate deaths who are on the waitlist for lung transplant, according to a study by Cleveland Clinic and the U.S. Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR) published in The American Journal of Transplantation. Read the full article in Medical Life Sciences.
Every 10 minutes, someone is added to the national transplant waiting list. We often hear about the organ waiting list and the thousands of people waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant, but not everybody is familiar with how the listing process works. In this edition of Discuss Donation, we break down how the organ waiting list works.
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The transplant community, HHS and procurement organizations need to work collaboratively to increase the organ supply for transplantation in the United States, according to remarks made at the American Transplant Congress.
“We need more than symbolic gestures from our elected officials if we are going to meet the crisis of end-stage organ failure that kills patients at a rate of 17 per day [on the waitlist] in the U.S.,” John Gill, MD, outgoing president of the American Society of Transplantation (AST), said during his address. Read more in Healio here.
The number of U.S. residents on the waiting list for a lifesaving organ transplant totaled 105,960 men, women and children as of late May, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), the nonprofit group that manages the nation’s transplant system under contract with the federal government. On average, 17 people die each day while waiting for an organ transplant.
In 2021, 41,354 transplants were done, with organs from 20,401 donors, including both deceased and living donors. Kidneys are the most frequently transplanted organ, followed by the liver, heart, lungs, pancreas and intestines. Kidneys accounted for more than half of transplants performed last year (24,670) and represent the organ needed by more than 80 percent of those on the waiting list. Read the complete story in The Washington Post.
If you need a kidney transplant, you will need to get on the national transplant waiting list for a deceased donor kidney. Learn how the waiting list works, how long people usually wait and how to choose a transplant center so you can get listed. You can take steps to stay as healthy as possible while you wait for a kidney. Learn more.
Inevitably, the call comes in the dark hours of the morning, the result of something tragic. Dr. Michael McCulloch, an associate professor and pediatric cardiologist at UVA Children’s Heart Center, picks up the phone. A voice on the other end explains, as he knew it would, that a pediatric heart donation is available. Does he want it?
Urgency is never felt so keenly as when it involves organ donorship. Read the full story.
Policies that increase access to waiting lists for kidney transplant are likely to substantially increase administrative and medical costs without providing any benefit, said authors of a new study.
An examination of cost reports from all certified U.S. transplant hospitals from 2012 to 2017 indicated that Medicare reimbursements for transplant evaluation and waiting list management increased from $0.95 billion to $1.32 billion, according to researchers led by Xingxing Cheng, MD, of Stanford University School of Medicine in California. Read more.
Having an organ transplant can be lifesaving, and quality of life building. For most individuals in need of transplant, their journey begins with getting on the waitlist. It’s a process that may seem daunting, but knowing what to expect may alleviate some of the anxiety associated with this step. Read more.