Kidneys from donors with HIV have good safety outcomes in persons with HIV
1. Among patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who received deceased donor kidney transplants, kidneys from donors with HIV ...
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Kidney Transplantation from Donors with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is Non-inferior to Donors Without HIV
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#VisualAbstract: Intravenous Levothyroxine Does Not Increase the Number of Heart Transplants in Unstable Brain-Dead Potential Heart Donors
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Live viral vaccines safe for pediatric solid organ transplant recipients
1. This cohort study of pediatric solid organ transplant (SOT) patients found that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) and varicella-zoster virus (VZV) ...
#VisualAbstract: Cyclophosphamide-tacrolimus-mycophenolate mofetil is an effective prophylaxis against graft-versus-host disease
1. In this randomized controlled trial, cyclophosphamide-tacrolimus-mycophenolate mofetil was associated with lower rates of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) compared to ...
Heart transplantation after circulatory death noninferior to standard-care transplantation
1. In this randomized controlled trial, compared to heart transplantation from a brain death donor, recipients of hearts from donors ...
Wellness Check: Spirituality
The experience of spirituality may positively impact the lives of terminal cancer patients 1. In this study, individuals were found ...
Study reports improvement in pediatric liver transplant outcomes over past decades
1. In approximately 14,000 pediatric patients across Europe who received a liver transplant between 1968-2017, the overall survival rate improved ...
Factors associated with greater severity of COVID-19 disease among solid transplant recipients
1. For solid organ transplant recipients with symptomatic COVID-19, factors associated with increased requirement of supplemental oxygen include older age, ...
Genetically modified porcine-to-human cardiac xenograft failure
1. A porcine heart was transplanted into a 57-year-old man with nonischemic cardiomyopathy without apparent rejection. 2. The xenograft started ...