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What We’re Reading: 02/28/20
… underlies each of these conditions.” ( From bostsonglobe.com ) How Lifesaving Organs For Transplant Go Missing In … matches. When an average of nine people a day die waiting for a kidney, losing even one organ because it …
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A Look at Organ Donation and the People Who Make It Possible
… shorter hospital stays. “We think the number of people who die waiting for transplant is unacceptable,” says Jean … Deceased Donor Despite every advancement, very few people die in a way that allows for organ donation. For organs to remain viable, a donor typically needs to die in an ICU, while still on a ventilator. This rare set of …
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How Close Is Xenotransplantation, Really?
… receive an organ transplant, and an average of 17 people die every day on the waiting list. The promise of … to whom we cannot offer a liver transplant and they die. That's a real heartbreaking moment knowing that this …
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What the “Big Three” outcomes mean for you
… measures of quality: Mortality rates – how many patients die from surgery Readmission rates – how many patients get … that are most important to patients: what is the chance I die? Will I need to come back to the hospital? How many …
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What We’re Reading: 04/24/20
… light is not a treatment. “My concern is that people will die. People will think this is a good idea,” says Dr. Craig … advice. This is dangerous.” ( From washingtonpost.com ) An ER Doctor’s Diary Of Three Brutal Weeks Fighting … the diary of an emergency physician. ( From buzzfeednews.com ) Answering Kids’ Questions About the Coronavirus, in …
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State of the Union: Aortic Care in 2022
… you develop complications the majority of those patients die within 24 hours. What is an aortic dissection exactly? … this now, if you develop an aortic rupture you just die there. Suddenly. The goal of treating aortic disease is … and what's great for patients. If you look at the website of any aortic surgery program they all say …
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Can Data Help You Find the Best Heart Surgeon?
… Patients and their families can use the public reporting website to search through centers and filter by each center’s … same on paper as a center where 100 out of 1,000 patients die from a procedure. In addition, while the STS database can …
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What We’re Reading: 08/07/20
… Immunology Is Where Intuition Goes to Die The immune system is an intricate, unbelievably complex … Your must-read article for the week. ( From theatlantic.com ) How a Zoom forum is changing the way ICU doctors treat … on using ECMO itself. Not to be missed. ( From statnews.com ) What Poetry Means for Doctors and Patients During a …
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Cardio-obstetrics and Follow-up After Pregnancy Are Critical to Addressing Maternal Mortality and Racial Disparities in Heart Disease
… can be three times to sometimes four times more likely to die or have a complication of childbirth,” says Dr. Haythe. … Black adults, in general, are significantly more likely to die from heart disease than their white counterparts. And the …
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Fighting For A New Way To Treat Difficult Cancers
… to include proton therapy,” he says. “I'm too young to die of cancer, and I will die of old age now because I was fortunate enough to run into …
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What We’re Reading: 11/03/23
… An enlightening (and alarming) read. ( From newyorker.com ) Everything I Thought I Knew About Nasal Congestion Is … may not be as intuitive as you thought. ( From theatlantic.com ) A Doctor in Gaza Describes ‘Horrific Scenes’ After … what’s happening at Kamal Adwan Hospital. ( From nytimes.com ) We leave you with a poem by the one and only Mary …
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The Art of Matching Kidneys Is Saving More Lives
… people are added to the list every month, while 13 people die each day waiting for a kidney transplant. The disparity …
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