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Triple Therapy Boosts HCV Response After Transplant
Major Finding: An extended rapid virologic response occurred significantly more often among patients who had at least a 1 log drop in HCV RNA...
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Kidneys Benefited From Everolimus After Liver Transplant
Major Finding: At 2 years in the intent-to-treat population, the groups had similar rates of the composite primary end point of treated biopsy-...
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Benefit of Young Liver Donors Scrutinized in Study
Major Finding: For every 10-year increase in patient age for younger donors, the risk of patient mortality increased by 24% and graft failure by...
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Acetaminophen Liver Failure Least Likely to Get Transplant
Major Finding: A total of 43% in the study had an acetaminophen etiology for acute liver failure, but only 26% of all patients listed for...
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IGRA Tests Top Skin Pricks for TB Screening of Transplant Candidates
Major Finding: Interferon-gamma release assay tests were about three times more likely than skin prick tests to be positive for latent TB.Data...
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Liver Candidates Decline Many Organ Offers
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Soliciting Organ Donors on Facebook Pushes Ethical Envelope
Major Finding: Almost a third of the Facebook pages set up for soliciting living kidney donors were associated with the testing of a potential...
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Sleeve Gastrectomy Feasible in Obese Transplant Candidates
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Perihilar Cholangiocarcinoma: Neoadjuvant Therapy and Liver Transplant Effective
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Predictors Identified for Posttransplant Recurrence of Hepatitis C
Major Finding: Recipient IL28B CC genotype was associated with a decreased risk of histologic recurrence 1 year after transplantation (odds ratio...
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Earlier Liver Transplant Improves Survival in Alcoholic Hepatitis
Major Finding: Six-month survival was significantly higher among transplant recipients (77%) than among control subjects (23%).Data Source: A...