Number and quality of kidney transplants much greater if national matching program adopted
...who are extremely difficult to match and typically wait almost seven years for a deceased donor kidney, would benefit six-fold from a national optimized algorithm (14.1 percent matched versus 2.3 percent). Furthermore, the results show that optimization would dramatically reduce the number of pairs requi...Kidney donation program may provide more matches for previously incompatible recipients and donors
...who are extremely difficult to match and typically wait almost 7 years for a deceased donor kidney, would benefit 6-fold from a national optimized algorithm (14.1 percent vs. 2.3 percent). Furthermore, to alleviate concerns that a national KPD program would require extensive travel to accommodate matches...'Virtual colonoscopy' effective in finding most polyps but may miss small ones
...," according to the report. "Patients must already wait months for an available appointment for routine colonoscopy, and in some areas of the United States, screening colonoscopy is unavailable at all because there are not sufficient personnel to perform the test," the ECRI authors write. Guidelines publi...Rare surgery performed to remove pancreas, prevent diabetes
... removal of his entire pancreas and the hours-long wait for the pancreatic islet cells to be processed in a specialized UAB laboratory. The cells were then returned to the operating room and infused into the patient's liver, where they have begun to produce insulin. Few hospitals have the te...New grants to Georgetown to help build national cancer biomedical informatics grid
... that can lag for months or even years. While they wait for publication, their findings must remain embargoed to avoid jeopardizing the publication. But with the new grid that Georgetown is helping to create, cancer research centers will be linked to each other in real time, using common research tools a...Access to mammography may worsen
...within a week. Nearly half (47 percent) reported a wait of two or more weeks for screening mammography. In high-volume facilities, the scheduling delays for both diagnostic and screening mammography were two to three times higher than in low-volume facilities, with some facilities reporting waiting times ...Measuring hormone cuts antibiotic use in half in pneumonia patients
... doctors don't like to delay treatment in order to wait for lab results to tell them whether a patient's pneumonia is bacterial or viral, so they start all patients on antibiotics, Dr. Tamm said. "Once the treatment is started, it is usually continued for 10 to 14 days, because nobody knows when you can s...Radiofrequency ablation is effective long-term treatment for kidney tumors
...re good candidates for this procedure. We need to wait for 10-year followup information to determine whether it will be appropriate for patients with a longer life expectancy." McDougal is the Walter S. Kerr, Jr. Professor of Urology at Harvard Medical School. The report's co-authors are Francis McGover...Conflicts pitting doctors vs. patients / kin is #1 issue in medical ethics, Canadian experts say
... no family physician; many patients in cities must wait so long to see family physicians that some choose to seek care in emergency rooms, adding pressure on already stressed emergency systems. 5) Medical error Examples include a patient receiving the wrong prescription or dosage of medication, a patien...European approval trial enrolment gathers momentum
... with the VentrAssist and he can safely go home to wait for a suitable donor heart and have a heart transplant. "We are very excited to be involved with this clinical trial and so far, we have been most impressed by the device," Dr Tsui said....Women heart attack sufferers face longer hospital delays than men, says new study
Women who suffer heart attacks wait longer to be assessed, admitted and receive treatment than men with the same condition, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing. 890 patients admitted to coronary care units via casualty departments in six major teaching ho...At Johns Hopkins: Emphasis on improved care and faster access to services shortens hospital stays
...n better care. They have successfully cut back on wait times across one dozen hospital departments and, a...s designed to improve patient care and cut down on wait times. According to statistics released today by the hospital, the program has led to a 4 percent d......ransplants. In many parts of the country, patients wait three to five years for a deceased donor organ. Over the past decade, the number of live donors has tripled, making it now the most common source of kidneys for transplantation. Tissue and blood type incompatibilities remain the most significant barr...Researchers call for better recognition and pain management of endometriosis
Women with endometriosis can wait up to ten years for the painful gynaecological condition to be diagnosed, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Clinical Nursing. Their experiences have led researchers from New Zealand's Massey University to call for greater awareness of end...Work on cancer-killing compound nets FSU professor major grant
...se, the state of Florida has acknowledged that the wait may well be worth it. Gregory B. Dudley, an assistant professor in FSU's department of chemistry and biochemistry, recently was awarded a $450,000, three-year grant from the James & Esther King Biomedical Research Program, which is operated by the Fl...Rapid restoration of immunity in immune-suppressed cancer patients using T-cell vaccines
...ction, a year after their transplantation. But why wait a year, wondered researchers at the University of ...l transplants; whereas normally they would have to wait up to a year. The patients were then divided into four groups: one group received an initial pneumoc...Al Gore recipient of Harvard Global Environmental Citizen Award
...y, and the time to act is now. We cannot afford to wait any longer." Al Gore serves as Chairman of Current TV, a new cable and satellite news and information network for young people. Gore is also a visiting professor at Middle Tennessee State University. The Global Environmental Citizen Award is presente...Doctors call for urgent review of cancer initiative
...their GP. "It's not surprising that the two-week wait hasn't had an impact on survival because the delay between the referral from primary care and the first specialist appointment is only a small part of the cancer pathway" says lead author Mr Stephen Hanna, who carried out his research with colleagues...New drug could substantially reduce deaths from heart attack
...y potential hazard, it may generally be prudent to wait until a heart attack patient's condition has stabilised before starting beta-blocker therapy.......n of equipment and personnel, on the management of wait lists, and on other factors that influence access to health care, such as the density of primary care physicians per population and patterns of medical practice and referral. Nonetheless, the large sizes of the differences in access make this an imp...