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Unrelated Kidney Transplantation: Commerce and Kidney Vending In Pakistan
In this video blog Ron Shapiro, MD discusses kidney vending of unrelated kidney transplants in Pakistan.
Medscape Transplantation, September 2008
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Why Fret About CKD in Transplantation: Kidney Transplant Patients Should Be Managed Like Other Patients With CKD
Bryan N. Becker, MD, from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, analyzes the similarities in management between kidney transplant recipients and CKD patients.
Medscape Nephrology, September 2008
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Alemtuzumab and tacrolimus monotherapy after renal transplantation: Results of a Prospective Randomized Trial
In this video blog Ron Shapiro, MD discusses new clinical trial data on alemtuzumab and tacrolimus monotherapy after renal transplantation.
Medscape Transplantation, September 2008
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Reactivation of Cytomegalovirus in Critically Ill Patients Who Are Not Immunocompromised
CMV: a newly identified risk factor for adverse outcomes in critically ill patients.
Medscape Critical Care, September 2008
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A Market for Compassion: Single-Payer Health Insurance
Prajwal Ciryam, second-year MD/PhD student at Northwestern University and Co-Founding Member of Health Care for All Illinois, explains why an American single-payer system is right.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, September 2008
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Hand Hygiene: How Can We Improve?
Lisa Maragakis, MD, reviews in her videoblog the serious challenges of measuring and improving hand hygiene compliance in the healthcare setting.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 2008
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Alemtuzumab Preconditioning with Tacrolimus Monotherapy After Renal Transplantation
In this video blog Ron Shapiro, MD discusses a novel approach to immunosuppression in renal transplant recipients using preconditioning and spaced immunosuppression.
Medscape Transplantation, August 2008
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Adverse Events in the Hospital Setting: How Safe Is Your Operating Room?
Commentary on a study on in-hospital adverse events, published June 2008 in Quality and Safety in Health Care.
Medscape General Surgery, August 2008
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When Is the Optimal Time to Administer Antibiotics Prior to Surgery?
Commentary on a study on the timing of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis, published June 2008 in the Annals of Surgery.
Medscape General Surgery, August 2008
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Antibody-Mediated Rejection of the Renal Graft After SKP Transplantation
In one of the first reports of AMR in SKPT, the authors document the clinical significance of positive C4d immunostaining in renal allograft biopsies in SKPT recipients with graft dysfunction.
August 2008
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Why Should I Report an Adverse Drug Event?
Individual clinicians can play a vital role in detecting potentially serious adverse drug events -- and the safety of our drug supply depends on them.
Medscape Pharmacists, August 2008
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Renal Allocation and the Perception of Fairness
In this video blog Ron Shapiro, MD discusses the fairness of policies in the United States that shift organ allocation from older to younger recipients.
Medscape Transplantation, August 2008
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Alemtuzumab and Tacrolimus Monotherapy After Renal Transplantation
This is the first multicenter, prospective, randomized trial to compare alemtuzumab induction plus tacrolimus monotherapy with conventional therapy in low-risk kidney transplant recipients.
August 2008
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Retooling for an Aging America
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, President, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, discusses the impact of the "baby boomer" generation on medicine.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, August 2008
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Immunosupression In Kidney Transplantation After Extrarenal Transplantation
In this video blog Ron Shapiro, MD discusses an immunosuppression strategy for renal transplantation in extrarenal transplant recipients with loss of native kidneys to calcineurin inhibitor toxicity.
Medscape Transplantation, August 2008
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Protocol Aimed At Desensitization In Renal Transplant Recipients
In this video blog Dr. Ron Shapiro reports outcomes of a short desensitization protocol of IVIG and rituximab in renal transplant recipients; 80% were desensitized with a 94% 1-year graft survival
Medscape Transplantation, August 2008
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Physicians for Sale: How Medical Professional Organizations Exploit Their Members
To improve the state of US healthcare, physicians need to rethink what their profession is and identify what they need to do to regain their professional integrity.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, July 2008
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Building Physician Connectivity for e-Prescribing
Kevin Hutchinson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Prematics, Inc., in Vienna, Virginia, tells us how to move e-prescribing forward.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, July 2008
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Patient and Graft Outcomes From Deceased Kidney Donors 70 Years of Age and Older: Analysis of the OPTN/UNOS Database
Similar to trends in the overall US general population, there has been an increasing yet disproportionate shift toward increasing numbers of older donors and recipients in kidney transplantation.
Medscape Transplantation, July 2008
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Does Transfusion With "Old" Blood Place the Surgical Patient at Risk?
Commentary on a study on duration of stored transfusion blood and surgical outcomes, published March 20, 2008 in The New England Journal of Medicine
Medscape General Surgery, July 2008
