NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Researchers from France have identified a donor-specific biomarker that can predict rejection of a liver transplant, independent of the recipient. The prognostic marker – class I HLA evolutionary divergence (HED) of the donor – can…
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Diuretic Use After Kidney Transplant Increases Diabetes Risk
Diuretic use following kidney transplant significantly increases the risk of patients developing diabetes, potentially leading to serious complications including graft loss, one of the first studies to evaluate the use of diuretics in renal transplant recipients indicates. “Post-transplantation diabetes mellitus…
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Blood Test Predicts Organ Rejection Risk After Kidney Transplant
A functional immunologic assay that could easily be incorporated into routine laboratory work can predict which patients are at high risk for rejection of their newly transplanted kidney early enough in the process that it would give physicians time to…
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Early tracheostomy could reduce recovery time in critical COVID-19, say researchers
The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is primarily a severe pulmonary disease that can be fatal in a significant minority of cases. It leads to respiratory insufficiency in a…
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