Tag: Organ Transplants

And risk for posttransplant death decreasing despite drug overdose, hepatitis C-positive donors contributing to donor risk

Study supports validity of preference-based health utility score for patients undergoing hemodialysis, recent recipients of kidney transplants

While the risk is small, there have been 20 cases of unexpected donor-derived hepatitis B virus infection

Symptoms remain unchanged for many by transplantation, but improve in the three months after transplantation

Favorable outcomes, minimal adverse effects seen in solid organ transplant recipients who received monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19

Nonlisted patients disproportionally African American, lack commercial insurance, or reside in lower-income communities

Six patients with low-positive antibody levels following standard vaccination achieved high-positive levels after dose 3

But few kidney transplant recipients develop anti-spike SARS-CoV-2 antibodies after second mRNA vaccine dose

Five-year mortality did not differ for adults aged ≥70 years and <70 years after adjustment for relevant confounders

Pharmacist-led intervention cuts medication errors and hospitalizations