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For kidney transplant recipients

Belatacept Regimen Ups Kidney Transplant Survival

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Higher patient, graft survival and mean eGFR with more- and less-intensive belatacept vs. cyclosporine
For hearts donated after circulatory death

Profound Hypothermia Best Avoided in Initial Reperfusion

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Minimizes injury and improves functional recovery of hearts donated after circulatory death
For patients who have hepatic cirrhosis or have undergone liver transplantation

Pre-Op Fasting Times Often Exceed Guidelines in Cirrhosis

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But eating breakfast on day of procedure is associated with a reduction in fasting time
Cancer mortality rates are elevated for solid-organ transplant recipients

Increased Risk of Cancer Mortality for Organ Recipients

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Cancer second leading cause of death in solid-organ transplant recipients
The 2006 listing criteria for heart transplantation have been updated and expanded. The new guideline was published online Jan. 7 in the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation.

Candidacy Criteria Updated for Heart Transplantation

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Changes to guidelines include consideration of transplantation in patients with HIV, hepatitis
For patients with end-stage renal disease

PSA Screening May Be Harmful for Patients With ESRD

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Screening not linked to improved patient survival after transplant; may delay time to listing, transplant
The projected long-term risk of end-stage renal disease among living kidney donors can be estimated using multiple characteristics

ASN: ESRD Risk Can Be Estimated in Living Kidney Donors

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Multiple demographic and health characteristics can estimate projected long-term risk
HIV infection has no impact on prognosis of liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma

HIV Does Not Worsen Outcomes of Liver Transplant in HCC

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For patients with hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing transplant, HIV doesn't worsen prognosis
Preoperative six-minute walk distance is significantly associated with post-lung transplant survival

Six-Minute Walk Distance Predicts Lung Transplant Survival

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Increase in walk distance up to 1,400 feet confers incremental survival advantage
The incidence of cytomegalovirus infection/disease is reduced in de novo kidney transplant recipients receiving reduced dose tacrolimus and everolimus

Reduced-Dose Tacrolimus, Everolimus Cuts CMV Infection

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Findings in de novo kidney recipients receiving no pharmacologic CMV prophylaxis