Tag: Transplantation: Methods and Outcomes
Microvascular health varied across advanced heart failure treatments
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in EngineeringWhat the study found The study found that microcirculatory dysfunction, meaning impaired small-vessel blood flow, varies across advanced heart failure and its treatments. It was most severe in patients resuscitated from cardiogenic shock and in heart transplant recipients. Why the authors say this matters The authors conclude that restoring large-scale blood flow, or macrohemodynamics, does…
Donor ventilation time was not linked to 1-year lung function
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in MedicineEvidence suggests prolonged donor mechanical ventilation does not impair recipient lung function after transplant, challenging traditional donor selection practices in lung transplantation.
Standardizing donation after circulatory death organ recovery
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in MedicineViewpoint on standardizing organ procurement practices, particularly normothermic regional perfusion, for donation after circulatory death transplantation.
Psychological interventions may improve transplant-related well-being
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in MedicineSystematic review commentary on psychological interventions in organ transplantation, examining placebo and nocebo effects as overlooked explanatory mechanisms for clinical outcomes.
