De una casita humilde a una gran red de ... Nov 21, 2009
Una clnica ms grande abri unos aos despus. El San Ysidro Health Center actualmente cuenta con un presupuesto de 50 millones de dlares, emplea a unas 650 personas y opera 24 centros mdicos, dentales, de asesora y de otros servicios. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Haba clavos en estmago de paciente Nov 12, 2009
"Ms o menos hemos sacado unos 700 gramos entre clavos, monedas, alambres y cosas que no pensamos que un ser humano podra haber ingerido y sin haberle daado el esfago", dijo el mircoles a la AP el mdico Carlos Delgado Cruces. El extrao caso ocurri en el Hospital Regional de la ciudad andina de Cajamarca, a 560 kilmetros al norte de Lima. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Physician bias might keep life-saving transplants from black and Hispanic patients Nov 10, 2009
Public release date: 9-Nov-2009. Contact: Marianne Worley. (EurekAlert!)
New rules change who gets donated kidneys Nov 8, 2009
Five years ago, the federal government ordered UNOS, the agency that sets policy for organ donation, to find a way to end the mismatch and get more life out of these precious donations ... The UNOS Kidney Transplantation Committee performed a full review of the system for allocating kidneys and decided parts of it were broken ... In 2008, only 16,520 people in the country received a transplant, according to UNOS.. (AZCentral -- News)
Blood donation and beyond Nov 7, 2009
Hodges is on the Board of Directors for the United Network for Organ Sharing. Born in Pittsburgh, Hodges moved to the area to attend college and never left. (Arlington Advocate, MA)
Kidney transplants generally safe for lupus patients Nov 1, 2009
They mined data from the United Network for Organ Sharing and studied 6850 patients with a history of lupus who received kidney transplants between 1987 and 2006. The researchers found that lupus nephritis rarely developed in the transplanted kidneys of these lupus patients; it occurred in 2. (EurekAlert!)
Donor Race May Impact Kidney Transplant Survival Nov 1, 2009
Using data from the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) of more than 158,000 recipient patients between 1995 and 2008, Henry Ford physicians analyzed the effect of donor/recipient race disparity on patient survival ... Her next step involves looking at the effect of peri-transplant factors, transplant type, socioeconomic status, length of dialysis, immunosuppression regimes and other factors on racial disparity and mortality ... According to UNOS, more than 16,000 kidney transplants were... (Science Daily)
Left Side Grafting Is Procedure Of Choice For Adult-to-adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation Oct 30, 2009
Currently, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), an organization that facilitates all organ transplants in the U.S., indicates there are close to 16,000 patients on the waiting list to receive a liver. "As the world faces an incredible growth of patients requiring life-saving liver transplantation to treat their end stage liver disease, the need for LDLT will continue due to a lack of adequate alternative sources," said David Mulligan, M.D., from the Mayo Clinic Hospital in his editorial... (Science Daily)
REPORT: Patients aren't told of kidney transplants Oct 15, 2009
Nearly 56,000 people are waiting for kidney transplants in the United States, but only 16,000 get them each year, said the United Network for Organ Sharing, a national nonprofit that tracks transplants. And some dialysis companies reject the idea that patients aren't told about all treatment options, including transplants. (USA Today -- News)
Apicta awards is yardstick to ICT industry health Oct 5, 2009
Last years winner, FSBM Net Media Sdn Bhds chief executive officer Michael Ta, said the opportunity to experience the entrepreneurial community at MIT helped further the development of Unos, a mobile application built by the company. Unos is a total communications and service delivery platform designed to provide a comprehensive communication experience for mobile device users, according to its website. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
For Organ Donation, Intent and Reality Don't Align Sep 15, 2009
It's administered by the United Network for Organ Sharing, known as UNOS. ... SOURCES: Charles Alexander, R.N., chief executive, Living Legacy Foundation of Maryland, and incoming vice president, Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network/United Network for Organ Sharing; Kris Patterson, spokeswoman, Donor Network of Arizona, Phoenix; Donate Life America, survey, April 2009. (MEDLINEplus)
Liver transplant study by Pitt finds inequities Sep 1, 2009
"What we found is that from the point of hospitalization, where people are diagnosed with liver-related conditions, gender, race and insurance status play a big role in who is evaluated and listed [for transplant], much more so than we'd see in UNOS data from listing to transplant," said Cindy L. Bryce, Ph ... UNOS is the acronym for the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees the national database of clinical transplant information ... "What the good news is, in the latter stages,... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Racial disparity studied in patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatitis B Aug 28, 2009
The NIH HBV liver transplant study had a total of 274 patients (116 Caucasians, 135 Asians and 23 African Americans) enrolled in 15 centers across the U.S. Participants were placed on the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) liver transplantation recipient waitlist between 1996-2005 ... "The study of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) data from 1994-1998 (Reid et al) found that African Americans 18-70 were under-represented on the UNOS liver recipient waiting list. A 2008... (EurekAlert!)
Cash, Connections Can Get a Kidney in NYC Aug 21, 2009
There are more than 100,000 people in the U.S. on waiting lists for an organ transplant, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Last year, 4,540 died waiting for a kidney. (CBS News)
Liver Transplant Risky in the Very Thin or Very Fat Aug 18, 2009
Dr. Andre A. S. Dick, of the University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, and colleagues investigated the impact of pre-transplant body weight on patient survival by reviewing data from the United Network for Organ Sharing on 71,446 liver transplants performed in adults from 1987 through 2007. They found that subjects who were very thin were more likely to require a second surgery and to die from bleeding complications, compared with "control" patients in the middle weight range. (MEDLINEplus)
New Heart Helped Woman Reach New Peaks Aug 16, 2009
Other heart recipients have climbed mountains before, but Perkins is "unparalleled" in her post-transplant mountaineering, said Joel Newman, spokesman for the United Network for Organ Sharing based in Richmond, Va. The 5-foot-2, 100-pound Perkins was an active woman who loved the outdoors before she became ill with a racing heartbeat following a trip to the Swiss Alps in 1992. (CBS News)
Extreme BMI cause for concern in liver transplantation Aug 5, 2009
"A better approach might be to transplant these patients sooner by not requiring weight loss or working with the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) for a policy change to assign additional Model for End-Stage Liver Disease (MELD) points for severe obesity, as is done for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma," concluded the authors. "Aggressive management of the patients' co-morbid factors and posttransplantation weight loss is a must." The researchers also recommend a posttransplantation... (EurekAlert!)
Study: Complications high in Pa. liver transplants Aug 2, 2009
But the authors said that goes against the policy of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees most organ transplants, for liver transplants from deceased donors. Under that policy, sicker patients are first in line for donated organs. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Study of liver transplants reveals flaws Aug 1, 2009
But they noted that this directly contradicts the policy used by the United Network for Organ Sharing, which oversees most organ transplants in America, for liver transplants from deceased donors. In those cases, sicker patients with higher MELD scores are first in line for donated organs. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Lax hospitals may be fostering kidney-selling Jul 30, 2009
But Donna Luebke, a nurse practitioner and former board member at the United Network for Organ Sharing, the nonprofit group that runs the nation's organ transplant system, said many hospitals use staffers who might not look too hard for red flags. She said there are "too many conflicts of interest" if the staffer isn't truly independent. (MSNBC -- Health)
Family comforted in knowing daughter helped five others by donating organs Jul 30, 2009
The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) determines who allocates organs. In Wisconsin, which has four transplant centers, organ donations typically stay in state. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Brooklyn kidney 'matchmaker' held Jul 25, 2009
But demand for kidneys far outstrips the supply, with 4,540 people dying in the U.S. last year while waiting for a kidney, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Rosenbaum, 58, is a member of the Orthodox Jewish community in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn, where he told neighbors he was in the construction business. (Albany Times Union)
Brooklyn man accused of buying and selling kidneys... Jul 25, 2009
But demand for kidneys far outstrips the supply, with 4,540 people dying in the U.S. last year while waiting for a kidney, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. As a result, there is a thriving black market for kidneys around the world. (The Drudge Report)
Suburban hospital seeks state approval for kidney-transplant program Jul 23, 2009
Christ received preliminary approval this week from the United Network for Organ Sharing, the national group that accredits transplant programs. It expects final approval in coming weeks, the spokesman said. (Crain's Chicago Business)
Longtime co-worker gives kidney Jul 21, 2009
More than 102,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant, according to the Virginia-based United Network for Organ Sharing. About three-fourths of people on the list are waiting for a kidney transplant. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
BODY & SOLD Jul 12, 2009
In California, 449 people -- 10 times as many -- did not survive, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS.. What Jobs did is perfectly legal. (New York Post -- Opinions)
First 16-patient, Multicenter 'Domino Donor' Kidney Transplant Jul 12, 2009
The last remaining kidney from the final incompatible pair went to a recipient who had been on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) waiting list. One of the donors in this procedure was the Pamela Paulk, the vice president of human resources at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Johns Hopkins Health System. (Science Daily)
Johns Hopkins leads first 16-patient, multicenter 'domino donor' kidney transplant Jul 8, 2009
The last remaining kidney from the final incompatible pair went to a recipient who had been on the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) waiting list ... United Network for Organ Sharing. (EurekAlert!)
Orlowski of Albany to Become Head of Organ Donation Association Jul 2, 2009
"Jeff has demonstrated his ability to be a dynamic consensus builder as the chair of the OPO Committee at the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS),"said Bruce Wilson, AOPO executive director. "Jeff will lead AOPO in the development of performance metrics that will constructively drive improvement throughout the organ donation community.". (PR Newswire)
Jobs's Travel to Memphis Liver Transplant Mecca Shows Organ System Flaws Jun 30, 2009
Memphis is part of Region 11 of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which administers the U.S. organ waiting list and allocation system ... The geographic divisions mean a patient with just months to live can be denied a liver while a healthier person a few miles away gets a transplant because of lower demand in that area, said , a medical professor at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and former president of the United Network for Organ Sharing ... Patients who need new organs because... (Bloomberg)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs Returns to Work Jun 30, 2009
"Mr. Jobs underwent a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantation for an approved indication in accordance with the Transplant Institute policies and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policies," the statement said. 1. (ABC News -- Business)
Can money buy a patient a faster transplant? Jun 26, 2009
The center's waiting list feeds into a national database managed by the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), a nonprofit organization that contracts with the federal government to manage the nation's organ transplant system. UNOS works with 58 organ procurement organizations (OPOs) that coordinate organ distribution in their region of the country. (CNN -- Health)
Jobs' transplant shows power of the rich Jun 26, 2009
It is at the transplant program s discretion if they know it is a multiple listing to accept someone already on another waiting list, said Joel Newman, a spokesman for UNOS, the United Network for Organ Sharing, which runs the nation s transplant system. Three different times, UNOS has considered banning or limiting multiple listings, most recently in 2003 ... But patients protested, saying they needed to go wherever they could to improve their odds, said D Alessandro, who has headed UNOS panels... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Steve Jobs Did Receive Transplant At Memphis Hospital Jun 25, 2009
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing, or UNOS, there are three hospitals in the state that are designated as liver-transplant centers: Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Methodist University Hospital and Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center in Memphis ... Mr. Jobs underwent a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantation for an approved indication in accordance with the Transplant Institute policies and United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)... (FOX61, CT)
Apple's Jobs has "excellent prognosis" after transplant Jun 24, 2009
The hospital said Jobs underwent a complete transplant evaluation and was listed for transplantation in accordance with policies laid down by the Transplant Institute and the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) policies ... United Network for Organ Sharing. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Did Steve Jobs wallet cut transplant wait time? Jun 24, 2009
According to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing based in Richmond, Va. the quasi-public agency that distributes donated organs to those on waiting lists around the nation, there were roughly 16,000 people on the national liver waiting list when Jobs got a liver. (MSNBC -- Health)
Jobs' Liver Transplant Raises Questions Jun 22, 2009
He reportedly received his transplant in Tennessee, which has a median waiting period of just 48 days, compared to a national median wait of 306 days, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook spoke with CBS Evening News Sunday anchor Russ Mitchell. (CBS News)
Steve Jobs Undergoes Liver Transplant Jun 21, 2009
People in Tennessee wait 48 days, on average, compared to 306 nationally, according to 2006 figures from the United Network for Organ Sharing. Word of Jobs' improvement coincides with Apple's release of a third-generation iPhone, the iPhone 3GS.. (ABC News -- Business)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs had liver transplant Jun 21, 2009
The five-year survival rate for organ transplants is around 75 percent, but falls among older recipients, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, which manages transplants in the U.S.. Since there is no residency requirement for transplants, Jobs might have traveled to Tennessee to shorten his wait for a liver. (Time.com)
Steve Jobs had surgery two months ago Jun 21, 2009
The five-year survival rate for organ transplants is about 75 percent, but falls among older recipients, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Transplant patients must take medications for the rest of their lives to prevent rejection. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Spain leads the way in organ donation Jun 19, 2009
It's a mixed picture for donor rates in the U.S., according to Joel Newman of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which runs the country's only organ transplant network. Deceased donor rates are well above levels from the late 1990s and early 2000s, but they have hit a plateau. (CNN -- Health)
Artificial liver may extend lives Jun 3, 2009
According to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS), there were approximately 6,500 liver transplants performed in 2007; however, there are more than 16,000 patients on the waiting list. Each year only about one-third of those who need a donor liver will receive one, and many patients die while waiting. (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
North Korea declares it conducted nuclear test May 25, 2009
Unos de los hospitales ms grandes de Mxico, OCA est certificado bajo la norma ISO 9001-2000. Featured. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
No gains for shorter transplant list May 24, 2009
"If [the United Network for Organ Sharing] allocated organs first to registered organ donors, more people would donate and thousands of lives would be saved every year," David Undis, LifeSharers executive director, said last year. The concept gets support from CORE's Ms. Stuart. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Double-lung Transplants Work Better Than Single For Long-term Survival Apr 29, 2009
28, 2009) Having both lungs replaced instead of just one is the single most important feature determining who lives longest after having a lung transplant, more than doubling an organ recipient's chances of extending their life by over a decade, a study by a team of transplant surgeons at Johns Hopkins shows. The finding is potentially controversial, researchers say, because there is already a shortage of organ donors, and more widespread use of bilateral lung transplants could nearly halve the... (Science Daily)
"Miracle" B00004000aby Survives Off Life Support Apr 10, 2009
"We have an organization known as UNOS, so directed organ donation really does not and can not happen in this country, for the protection ethically and morally of both the donor and the recipient," she said. "So when someone goes to the top of the transplant waiting list, it really is done objectively and often the donor and the recipient are blinded to each other's identities.". (CBS News)
Renal Transplantation from Very Old Donors Apr 2, 2009
1 According to data from the United Network for Organ Sharing, the rates of graft loss and patient death among recipients of grafts from donors 70 years of age or older are 24% and 21% higher, respectively, than rates among recipients of grafts from donors 60 to 69 years of age. 2 We previously reported that the outcomes of transplantations performed with kidneys from donors older than 60 years of age were. (New England Journal of Medicine)
'Three Rivers' to begin filming soon Mar 27, 2009
The subject could not be timelier, however, with roughly 101,300 candidates on the waiting list for organs such as kidneys, livers and hearts, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Details on casting can be found at. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Northwestern Memorial's Heart Transplant Program No. 1 in Illinois and Among Highest-Rated Nationally Mar 14, 2009
CHICAGO, March 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Newly released data from the United Network of Organ Sharing (UNOS) shows that in 2008 Northwestern Memorial Hospital's heart transplant program achieved the largest volumes and top-rated outcomes in Illinois -- a ranking that places the program among the top 20 heart transplant programs nationally. "We are very proud of the collaborations and diligent focus of our multi-disciplinary transplant team," said Patrick McCarthy, MD, the hospital's chief of... (PR Newswire)
Chain results in 10 kidney swaps among strangers Mar 13, 2009
Elizabeth Sleeman of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which runs the federal transplant system, cites estimates that paired donor chains could lead to 1,000 to 2,000 more kidney transplants a year ... United Network for Organ Sharing. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Living Kidney Donation Chains May Help More Get Transplants Mar 13, 2009
Living donations don't always go to the sickest person, as deceased organs do, according to Dr. Kenneth Andreoni, chairman of the subcommittee for national kidney paired donations at UNOS, the agency that directs the allocation of donated organs. But he said that NEAD chains can help reduce the time people spend on a waiting list, simply by reducing the list's size. (MEDLINEplus)
Chain spurs10 strangersto swapkidneys Mar 12, 2009
Elizabeth Sleeman of the United Network for Organ Sharing, which runs the federal transplant system, cites estimates that paired donor chains could lead to 1,000 to 2,000 more kidney transplants a year. "I think it definitely has that potential" to reduce the waiting list, she said. (MSNBC -- Health)
Donation chain has led to 10 kidney transplants Mar 12, 2009
"It definitely has the potential to help a lot of people," says Elizabeth Sleeman, a policy analyst at UNOS. The organization is developing a national paired-donor registry, Sleeman said, which is expected to be up and running by 2010. Paired donation has definitely been gathering steam in recent years, she added: "Just the way the math works out makes it a lot easier to find a compatible donor, and it certainly can be a lot quicker than waiting on the deceased donor list.". (CNN -- Health)
Stranger Kidney Swap Chain Has Potential Mar 12, 2009
Later this year UNOS plans to do a test run of matches among two-donor pairs - two kidney patients, each with an incompatible donor who matches the other patient. She hopes late by 2010 to be doing both donor pairs and chains nationally. (CBS News)
Panthers owner Richardson leaves hospital Feb 13, 2009
A matching heart was found in less than two months, just shy of the average wait, according to United Network for Organ Sharing. Richardson had the surgery on Super Bowl Sunday in a five-hour procedure. (ESPN -- Football News)
New System Improves Distribution of Donated Livers Feb 7, 2009
Currently, there are more than 16,000 people in the United States waiting for a new liver, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). And according to an accompanying editorial in the journal, overall survival rates for liver transplantations normally exceed 90 percent one year after the surgery. (MEDLINEplus)
Older Women Have Less Access to Donated Kidneys Feb 7, 2009
The findings are based on a look at more than 560,000 adults with advanced kidney disease reported to the United States Renal Data System and the United Network for Organ Sharing between 2000 and 2005. The analysis showed that for women ages 18 to 45 years, access to kidney transplantation was equivalent to that of men. (MEDLINEplus)
