Feline Kidney Transplantation Nov 10, 2009
Kidney transplantation is available only for cats diagnosed with chronic renal failure ... If kidney transplantation is being considered, it should be performed as the veterinarian determines progressive weight loss is reaching 20 percent of the normal body weight of the cat. (Suite101.com)
50 Years Ago: Kidney Transplantation Sep 26, 2009
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in past issues of Scientific American. Artificial Scenery for Subways to relieve the boredom of commuting, 1909SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, VOL. CI, NO. 18; OCTOBER 30, 1909. (Scientific American)
Renal Failure in Cirrhosis Sep 24, 2009
Combined Liver and Kidney Transplantation. Summary. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Dopamine May Boost Odds of Transplant Success Sep 10, 2009
"This study shows that pretreatment of the deceased heart-beating donor with low-dose dopamine reduces the need for dialysis in the recipient after kidney transplantation," researchers wrote. The organ donations resulted in 487 kidney transplants at 60 hospitals in Europe between March 2004 and August 2007. (MEDLINEplus)
'Nature Vs. Nurture' Study Of Deceased Donor Pairs In Kidney Transplantation Apr 30, 2009
Nature Vs. Nurture' Study Of Deceased Donor Pairs In Kidney Transplantation ... Nature Vs. Nurture' Study Of Deceased Donor Pairs In Kidney Transplantation ... The study, "'Nature versus Nurture' Study of Deceased Donor Pairs in Kidney Transplantation," was supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars program and is to be published in the April 22nd online edition, and the June print edition, of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. (Science Daily)
Machine Perfusion or Cold Storage in Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplantation Apr 2, 2009
Volume 360:1460-1461. Since this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the and any section headings. (New England Journal of Medicine)
Researchers Explore New Driver Of Transplant Rejection: Platelets Feb 27, 2009
Strategies using drugs or other means to keep platelets quiet and non-inflammatory might benefit transplant patients in the long run because chronic rejection as contrasted with acute or immediate organ rejection is a major complication for which there is little current treatment, according to Hamid Rabb, M.D., medical director of kidney transplantation and a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. In prior research using mice with skin transplants, Morrell and... (Science Daily)
