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BROWSE TOPICS IN CLINICAL MANAGEMENT:
Antiretroviral Therapy- Complications of HIV/HAART
- Research & Development
- Clinical Trials
- Quality of Life & Patient Care
Antiretroviral Therapy
Organ Transplants & HIV
See also: Hepatitis and HIV
Overview
- MELD and the Waiting List for Liver Transplant (Regularly Updated)
From California Pacific Medical Center - Surviving AIDS, and Beyond (December 1, 2003)
An interview with Dr. Robert Zackin, an HIV researcher and the first HIV-infected individual to receive a heart transplant.
In AIDS Clinical Care - Hepatitis C and Liver Transplantation (January 2003)
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From HCV Advocate - My New Liver (October 2002)
Activist Larry Kramer, coinfected with HIV and hepatitis B, talks about his liver transplant.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis - Is Liver Transplant an Option? (Summer 2002)
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America - Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation (March 2002)
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From HCV Advocate
News and Viewpoints
- Medical Marijuana Users Denied Organ Transplants (May 19, 2008)
In The Wall Street Journal - Four Transplant Recipients Contract HIV, Hepatitis C From High-Risk Organ Donor (November 14, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Italy: World's First Lung Transplant on HIV Patient Performed (May 29, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - U.S. Advances on Organ Transplant Access for HIV-Positive People (November 4, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - California Law Prohibits Transplant Surgery Denial Based on HIV Status (October 11, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Kidney, Liver Transplant Study for People With HIV (February 28, 2005)
A study of liver and kidney transplants for persons with HIV, at 19 U.S. transplant centers, is open to new patients.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - NIAID Forms Clinical Consortium to Improve Success of Organ Transplants (September 13, 2004)
The alliance spans three sites, one each in Boston, Cleveland and Philadelphia.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow HIV-Positive Residents to Donate Organs to People Living With HIV (March 15, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Liver Transplants Safe, Successful in Otherwise Healthy HIV Patients (February 11, 2004)
In The 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO - U.S. Hospitals Coming Around on Transplants for HIV Patients (June 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - U.S. AIDS Research Needs Tissue Donations (November 22, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - We Must Have Presumed Consent (October 2002)
It's the only way to increase the number of organ donors in the U.S., activist Larry Kramer says.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
Research
- Literature Citations for Transplants in HIV-Infected Patients (Regularly Updated)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health - HCV Relapse Common, Treatment Success Uncertain Following Liver Transplant in HIV/HCV-Coinfected Patients (January 12, 2007)
From aidsmap.com - Encouraging 1- to 3-Year Outcomes for HIV-Infected Liver and Kidney Transplant Recipients (August 16, 2006)
In XVI International AIDS Conference - HIV/Hepatitis B Not an Obstacle to Liver Transplants, but Timing May Be Critical (May 2, 2006)
From 365Gay.com - HIV and Solid Organ Transplantation (July 2003)
An overview and analysis of transplant research to date.
In Hopkins HIV Report - AIDS Patient Alive Two Years After Heart Transplant (June 6, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Responding to Organ Failure in HIV-Infected Patients (June 5, 2003)
In New England Journal of Medicine - Total Joint Arthroplasty in HIV-Positive Patients: An Alarming Rate of Early Failure (April 2003)
An unexpectedly high rate of complications was found after knee and hip replacements in people with HIV.
In Journal of Arthroplasty - Solid Organ Transplantation in People With HIV (February 2003)
From HIV InSite - Progress Report: Organ Transplantation in HIV (January 2003)
Research from the 2002 International AIDS Conference.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform - U.S. AIDS Research Needs Tissue Donations (November 22, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - Transplants for HIV-Positive Patients? Researchers Say Yes (August 2, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Safety and Efficacy of Solid Organ Transplantation in HIV-Positive Patients (March 2001)
In The PRN Notebook
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