Success of liver transplantation may be most influenced by three risk factors
...icle. In 2000, there were almost 17,000 candidates awaiting liver transplant and only 5,000 transplanted. In an effort to expand the donor pool, organs from donors that are not judged optimum for a variety of reasons are being considered for possible transplant. Determining which factors have the most impact ...Severity of liver disease not a reliable indicator of quality of life
...ine at UCLA, the study included 150 adult patients awaiting their first liver transplant at the University of ...uality of life and that future studies in patients awaiting liver transplants should include quality of life measures as well as survival. An accompanying edito...Alliance for Taxpayer Access asks NIH 'Who really owns publicly-funded medical research?'
...portance of this research, especially to Americans awaiting the medical innovation that this public investment fuels, that there is any reason to further delay statement of a clear and open NIH policy." ...Multi-center study finds therapy boosts kidney transplants in 'highly sensitized' patients
...ravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), or a placebo while awaiting transplantation. "The study showed that there was a significant benefit of IVIG over placebo. In fact, the rates of transplantation for the IVIG group were more than double that for the placebo group. And for patients who had had a previous transpla...Emergency departments failing to meet essential standards for children
...provide specialist paediatric emergency care while awaiting children's intensive care units to become available. The new study looked at 139 emergency departments, seeing more than 18,000 children per year. It showed that a quarter of departments do not have separate triage facilities for children, and 36% o...Regional review boards improve liver transplant allocation
...nd gathered information about patient deaths while awaiting transplantation. They found that there was no significant difference in survival to transplantation whether accelerated listing was approved or denied for adult or pediatric cases. Secondly, the researchers examined whether or not referring physician...MRI is better than PET for detecting small metastatic lesions in the liver
..., there are other liver-specific agents, which are awaiting approval from the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Sahani said. The study will be presented on May 6 at the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meeting in Miami Beach, FL....Biopsy system is effective in completely removing benign breast masses
...ollowed by stitches in the breast. "We are still awaiting follow-up of the patients to see if there is any recurrence of their benign masses, but the preliminary results of this study are very positive," she said. Dr. Slanetz will present her study on May 5 at the American Roentgen Ray Society Annual Meetin...Valve disease impacts survival while awaiting heart transplant
...ssist device, or LVAD, to sustain patients who are awaiting heart transplants. The surgically implanted mechanical device takes over for weak and diseased hearts, acting as a bridge to transplant surgery. For the LVAD to work optimally, however, the aortic valve, which releases oxygen-rich blood from the he...Patients who receive kidneys from older donors do well
... for selected candidates, including older patients awaiting transplantation and those with limited life expectancy based on their severity of illness."...Texas Children's Hospital implants first MicroMed/DeBakey child ventricular assist device
...d-down heart pump improves blood flow for patients awaiting heart transplants. "The new procedure is a medical breakthrough in pediatric cardiac care," said Dr. Charles D. Fraser Jr., the chief of cardiovascular surgery at Texas Children's Heart Center, who performed the surgery. "It gives new hope for child...Mouse antibodies thwart SARS virus
..., global public health experts have been anxiously awaiting a vaccine for this potentially fatal respiratory ailment. Knowing which arm of the immune system to trigger brings us one step closer to that goal," says NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "This is good news for people developing vaccines that wou...Study shows 'gaming' in heart transplant system
...ng to UNOS. Before the 1999 rule change, patients awaiting heart transplants were listed in one of two categories, with the highest priority given to those expected to live less than six months without a transplant. Generally, patients who required artificial devices to keep their heart working or who were h...New policy stops transplant heart gaming put potential still exists
...or organs. Before the 1999 rule change, patients awaiting heart transplants were listed in one of two categories, with the highest priority for those expected to live less than six months without a transplant. "In areas with more than one heart transplant center, this left a high possibility of the exagger...Teenagers with cancer are missing out on vital services
...ed and each one is serving a vast population. I am awaiting confirmation that Addenbrooke's Hospital at Cambridge will develop a Teenage Cancer Trust unit so that there is a facility in East Anglia but teenagers in numerous other towns all over the UK are forced to travel miles and tear families apart in orde...Mechanical support could increase survival of children requiring heart transplantation
...castle) for children with end-stage cardiomyopathy awaiting heart transplantation. Over a five-year period (Jan 1998-Dec 2002) 22 children (average age 5.7 years) with end-stage cardiomyopathy were supported by a mechanical assist device as a bridge to first heart transplantation. Just over three-quarters of ...New breast scanner can detect early signs of cancer
...we can achieve that with a dual imager." Tornai is awaiting patent approval on the new device, including the combination device that overlays X-ray and nuclear medicine images....Solitary pancreas transplant not associated with improved survival for patients with diabetes
... the transplant recipients, compared with patients awaiting the same procedure, had a 57 percent increased risk of death for pancreas transplant alone; 42 percent increased risk of death for pancreas-after-kidney transplant patients; and 57 percent decreased risk of death for simultaneous pancreas-kidney tran...Darifenacin increases 'warning time' for OAB sufferers
...3 selective receptor antagonist (M3 SRA) currently awaiting regulatory approval in the US and Europe. As presented by Linda Cardozo, Professor in Urogynaecology at Kings College Hospital London, urgency was reported as being one of the most distressing symptoms for patients with overactive bladder syndrome. I...CRESTOR (TM) improves apolipoprotein and lipid ratios - markers of cardiovascular disease risk
...unched in several countries worldwide. CRESTOR is awaiting approval in a number of other countries over the coming months. AstraZeneca is a major international healthcare business engaged in the research, development, manufacture and marketing of prescription pharmaceuticals and the supply of healthcare se...