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    Severe Blood Clotting To Infection: Liver Transplant Can Invite Many Complications, 7 Tips To Deal With Them

    A liver transplant is considered when the liver no longer functions adequately (end-stage liver disease). Two common indications for a liver transplant are liver cirrhosis of different aetiologies and acute liver failure. Recovery from a liver transplant can be a long process, but most patients will eventually be able to return to normal activities and […] More

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    PGIMER conducts second liver-kidney transplant on Jammu man

    PGIMER conducts second liver-kidney transplant on Jammu man

    A successful simultaneous liver-kidney transplant was performed on a Jammu man at the Department of surgical gastroenterology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER). The 47-year-old man was suffering from simultaneous kidney and liver failure. This was the second simultaneous liver-kidney transplant conducted by the department. The first was conducted on June 14, […] More

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    Kidney transplant racket: Dera Bassi Hospital under scanner, 2 arrested

    Mohali: Two people including the transplant coordinator of a private hospital have been placed under arrest by the Dera Bassi police after almost 35 illegal kidney transplant incidents came to light which were conducted over the past two years. The arrest came following the investigation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by SP (Rural) […] More

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    Can A Woman Become Pregnant After A Kidney Transplant Or Donation?

    There is often a lack of awareness when it comes to kidney problems. People fail to recognize the signs and symptoms and suffer from end-stage kidney disease, eventually requiring kidney transplant. Who is the ideal candidate for a kidney transplant? Who can donate a kidney? In the below article, we have tried to clear all […] More

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    Sodium bicarbonate for metabolic acidosis in transplant patients does not alter GFR: Lancet

    Management of metabolic acidosis with sodium bicarbonate therapy over a two-year period in adult kidney transplant patients had no impact on the fall in estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR), says an article published in The Lancet. In kidney transplant patients, metabolic acidosis is frequent and is linked to deteriorating graft function. While sodium bicarbonate therapy […] More