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Multidisciplinary Team Navigates a Host of Complex Issues Prior to Kidney-Liver Transplant
multidisciplinary team. But some present with a host of medical issues that can challenge even the most experienced specialists. That was certainly the case with a patient who received a simultaneous liver and kidney transplant at the ...
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Pragmatic Transplant Candidacy Guidelines Ensure That Donor Lungs Go to Those Who May Benefit Most
One of the most challenging aspects of lung transplantation is deciding which patients to place on the waitlist. A myriad of factors play into the decision, including the patient’s comorbidities, psychosocial fitness and support system. ...
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The COVID-19 pandemic created significant challenges for the Emory Transplant Center’s Kidney Transplant team. These included the suspension of kidney transplants during the Spring 2020 lockdown, severe bed shortages in the hospital during ...
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Emory Lung Transplant Team Use Advanced ECMO to Help a Young Patient Avoid Lung Transplant Surgery
The best outcome for a patient being considered for a lung transplant is deciding if a lung transplant is no longer necessary. That was the case for a young woman who was transferred to Emory University Hospital with acute respiratory ...
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Emory Healthcare Offers Heart Transplant Patients New Option
Emory was one of the first five hospitals to join a groundbreaking new clinical investigation involving hearts reanimated from donors that experienced circulatory death (DCD). The study, Donors After Circulatory Death Heart Trial, utilizes ...
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Living Donor Liver Transplant Allows Patient to Avoid Further Decline - Without the Wait
A 66-year-old woman presented with advanced liver disease caused by alcoholic cirrhosis. She had debilitating encephalopathy and fatigue, which left her unable to work and with a poor quality of life. The patient was originally listed ...
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Donation after Circulatory Death in Lung Transplantation
Emory Transplant Center was referred a woman in her mid-fifties with advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. At the time of the referral, she was on supplemental oxygen at rest of three to four liters per minute. The Emory Lung ...
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Emory Transplant Center Quality Driven by Lean Methodology
Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, experts at the Emory Transplant Center continue to keep quality at the forefront of our daily operations. We use the Lean methodology technique to pursue quality improvement initiatives that ...
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Liver Transplant for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Collaborating for Improved Outcomes
Established in 2013, Emory’s Liver Tumor Clinic brings practitioners from multiple disciplines together to evaluate, confer and develop treatment plans for combatting hepatocellular carcinoma and hilar cholangiocarcinoma.
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Transforming Advanced Heart and Lung Failure Care
Since the arrival of Mani Daneshmand, MD to Emory Healthcare from Duke University Medical Center, transformational changes have been made to Emory’s heart and lung failure and transplant programs. Heart and lung transplant, mechanical ...
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Making Post-Transplant Life Easier for Patients
Emory Transplant Center recently completed a randomized interventional study of post-kidney transplant recipients that examined dosing intervals for belatacept immunosuppression therapy. Emory is currently the only institution in the state ...
