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I found a really good infographic that discusses organ transplantation recently.
It's become a bigger deal around our house, because one of Dahey's relatives is now on the transplant list. He/she fits the profile noted on this infographic.
One thing I learned: maybe the US needs to go to an opt-out system versus opt-in, if it will increase the numbers of organ donors.
Transplantation waiting and aftercare is not always the easiest, but neither are the alternatives.
Please consider organ donation. It really is the gift of life for someone.
More to come...
Showing posts with label kidney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label kidney. Show all posts
Sunday, July 14, 2013
Saturday, August 25, 2012
My "no I don't have problems" moment today
After I read this article about a botched operation, I realized that no, I really haven't had any problems at work.
At least nothing of this magnitude.
Here's one for the nursing/medical/contingency planning books.
Back to the weekend...enjoy yours wherever you are!
At least nothing of this magnitude.
Here's one for the nursing/medical/contingency planning books.
Back to the weekend...enjoy yours wherever you are!
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Nuggets for March 7
Lucky 7! Happy March 7, all. I'm enjoying my weekend doing random housework and other assorteds.
Here are a few topics of interest I'm researching here and there while I have the time.
Dialysis is not common in my practice, but not unusual. This dialysis center company has an interesting blog on dialysis topics. Don't forget to check out a couple of dialysis nurse blogs, such as jo's Sinus Arrhythmia and U know PP. Wanna be one? Check out this dialysis nurse's page for a first-person account or check out this page for nurses at http://www.kidney.org/.
Your hemoglobin is low enough that you win a blood transfusion. What causes that anyway? This page at http://www.anemia.org/ has lots of references to the causes of anemia.
People are always looking for alternative treatments and this one was the topic of conversation lately. I found this via the blog, http://blog.bioethics.net/, which has lots of interesting articles, you don't want to miss.
NINDS at the National Institutes of Health has a lot of great articles on neurological disorders and stroke. A couple of my recent favorites: Spinal Cord Injury: Hope through Research and Stroke. The Know Stroke section has lots of great information on identifying stroke symptoms and what to do about them.
Speaking of getting lucky, KevinMD has a post about a researcher using his charms to get a favorable rating for Seroquel.
And finally, on a silly, but serious note, a lot of celebrity doubles are roaming around out there. One of our residents reminded someone of this guy.
Here are a few topics of interest I'm researching here and there while I have the time.
Dialysis is not common in my practice, but not unusual. This dialysis center company has an interesting blog on dialysis topics. Don't forget to check out a couple of dialysis nurse blogs, such as jo's Sinus Arrhythmia and U know PP. Wanna be one? Check out this dialysis nurse's page for a first-person account or check out this page for nurses at http://www.kidney.org/.
Your hemoglobin is low enough that you win a blood transfusion. What causes that anyway? This page at http://www.anemia.org/ has lots of references to the causes of anemia.
People are always looking for alternative treatments and this one was the topic of conversation lately. I found this via the blog, http://blog.bioethics.net/, which has lots of interesting articles, you don't want to miss.
NINDS at the National Institutes of Health has a lot of great articles on neurological disorders and stroke. A couple of my recent favorites: Spinal Cord Injury: Hope through Research and Stroke. The Know Stroke section has lots of great information on identifying stroke symptoms and what to do about them.
Speaking of getting lucky, KevinMD has a post about a researcher using his charms to get a favorable rating for Seroquel.
And finally, on a silly, but serious note, a lot of celebrity doubles are roaming around out there. One of our residents reminded someone of this guy.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Nuggets for February 10
Here are some interesting items I've encountered on the internet lately, via directed searches or via random reading. Hope you enjoy!
I'm studying for certification this year, and since our boss is a neuro who's big on everything spinal cord, I've done some reading on MS lately.
There are lots of things coming out in literature about treatments that may stall or stop MS from progressing. First, this article from the Saskatoon Star Phoenix discusses vitamin D and its role in MS. Another article discusses the use of immunosuppressants in treating MS.
On the subject of immunosuppressants, I recently went to a great CE presentation on working with post-transplant patients. Kidneys are the most commonly transplanted solid organs, so this presentation discussed many aspects involved in kidney transplants. The docs also talked about things such as CMV, diabetes and osteoporosis.
There was a great graph on kidney disease course and it showed how going on dialysis is just as difficult in terms of quality of life as transplant, but patients tend to bounce back faster from transplant than long-term dialysis. I found a very interesting DaVita article (by one of their social workers) which discusses quality of life. This is a very big deal in kidney disease as jo the dialysis nurse could probably tell us multiple times.
While transplantation short-term survival is up, long-term rates are flat. At the current time, there may be no breakthroughs in transplant treatments this decade, but there are plenty of promising agents in trials, such as ISA247. All we can do now is wait...and see.
I'm studying for certification this year, and since our boss is a neuro who's big on everything spinal cord, I've done some reading on MS lately.
There are lots of things coming out in literature about treatments that may stall or stop MS from progressing. First, this article from the Saskatoon Star Phoenix discusses vitamin D and its role in MS. Another article discusses the use of immunosuppressants in treating MS.
On the subject of immunosuppressants, I recently went to a great CE presentation on working with post-transplant patients. Kidneys are the most commonly transplanted solid organs, so this presentation discussed many aspects involved in kidney transplants. The docs also talked about things such as CMV, diabetes and osteoporosis.
There was a great graph on kidney disease course and it showed how going on dialysis is just as difficult in terms of quality of life as transplant, but patients tend to bounce back faster from transplant than long-term dialysis. I found a very interesting DaVita article (by one of their social workers) which discusses quality of life. This is a very big deal in kidney disease as jo the dialysis nurse could probably tell us multiple times.
While transplantation short-term survival is up, long-term rates are flat. At the current time, there may be no breakthroughs in transplant treatments this decade, but there are plenty of promising agents in trials, such as ISA247. All we can do now is wait...and see.
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