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Oct 2023
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Join experts Drs Matthew Sparks and Samira Farouk as they pull back the curtain to help patients and providers better understand the transplant journey.

Relevant disclosures can be found with the episode show notes on Medscape (https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/991605). The topics and discussions are planned, produced, and reviewed independently of advertisers. This podcast is intended only for US healthcare professionals.

Resources

Comparison of Mortality in All Patients on Dialysis, Patients on Dialysis Awaiting Transplantation, and Recipients of a First Cadaveric Transplant https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10580071/

Metabolic Disorders Following Kidney Transplantation https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22445053/

Cardiac Evaluation of the Kidney or Liver Transplant Candidate https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33315765/

About the Zweig Family Center for Living Donation https://www.mountsinai.org/care/transplant/services/living-donor/zweig

Social Determinants of Health and Race Disparities in Kidney Transplant https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33509963/

The Race Coefficient in Glomerular Filtration Rate-Estimating Equations and Its Removal https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36093899/

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network https://optn.transplant.hrsa.gov/

Transplant Renal Artery Stenosis: Current Concepts https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36718003/

Renal Transplantation: Technical Aspects, Diagnosis and Management of Early and Late Urological Complications https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24637470/

Saving Lives With Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir One Transplant Patient at a Time https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36847419/

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #66: Prepregnancy Evaluation and Pregnancy Management of Patients With Solid Organ Transplant https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37088276/

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