Error in new lung transplant algorithm harmed sick and dying patients
The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants.
Jul 1, 2024
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The new algorithm was supposed to help distribute lungs more fairly to people who desperately needed life-saving transplants.
Jul 1, 2024
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In the United States, an average of three people die every day waiting for a liver transplant, which resulted in nearly 1,200 lives lost in 2021. Liver allocation policy has undergone major modifications in the last 10 years. ...
Apr 21, 2023
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New research from The Australian National University (ANU) has unearthed evidence strongly suggesting that Chinese surgeons at state-run civilian and military hospitals have executed death-row prisoners and prisoners of conscience ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Split liver transplantation (SLT) provides an opportunity to divide a donor liver and offer transplants to two small patients, one or both of whom could be a child. SLT, which is underused in the United States, could be used ...
Jul 9, 2021
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(HealthDay)—Women are more likely than men to die waiting for a liver transplant, according to a study recently published in JAMA Surgery.
Sep 2, 2020
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A rushed proposal that became federal policy across the country this month will increase the cost and decrease access to life-saving care for patients in dire need of a liver transplant across much of the South and Midwest.
Feb 25, 2020
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Eighteen people die every day waiting for transplants, and a new patient is added to the organ transplant list every 10 minutes. Much of the problem surrounds the lack of registered donors. New research in the INFORMS journal ...
Sep 5, 2019
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(HealthDay)—Among deceased organ donors, there has been an increase in the proportion at increased risk for transmitting hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV to recipients, according to research published ...
Jan 25, 2019
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Increasingly, transplant surgeons must initiate a tough conversation: explaining to patients what it means to accept an organ from a person who died from a drug overdose.
Oct 5, 2017
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A new study finds that the characteristics of one's community may be as important as individual factors on the decision to become an organ donor. The study, published in The Milbank Quarterly, shows an association between ...
Sep 14, 2015
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