Dialysis, Kidney Transplant Patients Risk of NSF
NSF Develops In People Who Are Exposed To The Gadolinium Agents. A study of patients exposed to gadolinium contrast dyes at the Mayo Clinic has revealed that hemodialysis patients had a 77-fold higher risk of developing nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), while kidney transplant patients had a 69-fold higher risk of the disease. … [Read more...]
Substandard Organs Routine in Transplant Pool
University Of Pennsylvania On Substandard Organs Transplant System. University of Pennsylvania scientists and ethicists are looking to revamp the organ transplant system over concerns it’s too fragmented, allowing some patients to receive substandard organs while others can pick and choose organs based on “certain risk factors at the … [Read more...]
HIV Transplant Attracts Federal Scrutiny, Status Not Revealed to Patient
How HIV Infected Organs Transplanted Into Patients? Federal officials want to know how HIV infected organs ended up transplanted into four Chicago patients, and have joined Illinois officials in their investigation of the HIV transplant. Meanwhile, an attorney for a woman who received one of the HIV transplants has said that his … [Read more...]
Azathioprine 50mg Pills Recalled
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Roxane Labs have issued a nationwide recall of 50mg Azathioprine tablets, which are used in patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis as well as in kidney transplant patients to prevent rejection. "It was discovered that a single bottle of Azathioprine tablets from lot 558470A … [Read more...]
Sacred Heart Issues Advisory to All Transplant Recipients
Sacred Heart Advised Transplant Recipients To Be Tested. Sacred Heart Medical Center has advised testing for patients who received human tissue transplants that were later recalled after the supplier was accused of stealing body parts from corpses. The parts came from New Jersey supplier Biomedical Tissue Services, whose owner has … [Read more...]
L.I. Woman Suing Body-Carve Ghouls
Diseases Associated With Body-Carve Ghouls. A Long Island woman claiming she received potentially diseased bone from a corpse during a transplant procedure plans to sue the bosses of a body parts for-sale ring and two companies that sold their products. Pamela Grigorian, 48, of Middle Island, charges in a suit to be filed Monday … [Read more...]
Man Says Defective Tissue Transplanted in Surgery
Another Victim Sues Company Against Defective Tissue. A Trussville man has filed a lawsuit saying he received defective tissue from a company implicated in a body parts theft scheme when he underwent surgery at a Birmingham hospital. The federal lawsuit filed Friday on behalf of Frank D. Fife alleges he received defective tissue from … [Read more...]
Hospitals Accused of Transplant Fraud
Patients Could Get Transplant Fraud. Federal officials claim three Chicago hospitals exaggerated the seriousness of the conditions of some patients so they could get liver transplants sooner. Federal officials and a bioethics expert said they know of no other case where the government accused hospitals of using fraud to increase … [Read more...]
Nix to Get Brother’s Kidney in Transplant
Derrick Nix Kidney Transplant. Former Southern Mississippi running back Derrick Nix will receive a transplanted kidney from his brother as soon as next month. Marcus Nix, 33, was found to be a match with Derrick, 23, in February. If the transplant is successful, Marcus' kidney could allow his youngest sibling to end the daily … [Read more...]
Family Taking Steps Toward Malpractice Suit
A Malpractice Suit Against Duke University Medical Center. Just a day after her death, questions have arisen as to how teenager Jesica Santillan was offered mismatched organs in the first place. As her family struggled to cope with her death after a botched heart-lung transplant operation, The Santillan family attorney announced … [Read more...]
Girl’s Brain Damage ‘Irreversible’
A Girl Suffered Severe And Brain Damage Irreversible. Jesica Santillan, a 17-year-old heart-lung transplant recipient, has suffered "severe and irreversible brain injury," Duke doctors said this afternoon. "Yesterday after the transplant we were all very hopeful,Jesica seemed to be doing well." said Dr. Karen Frush, an emergency … [Read more...]
