Transplantation News CME/CE

• FDA Safety Changes: DepoDur, Neoral, Lexiva CME/CE The FDA has approved safety labeling revisions for morphine sulfate extended-release liposome injection, cyclosporine capsules and oral solution, and fosamprenavir calcium tablets and oral suspension.
  Medscape Medical News CME, November 2009
• FDA Approvals: Zirgan, Prism HIV, Valturna CME/CE The FDA has approved ganciclovir ophthalmic gel to treat herpetic keratitis, a screening test for HIV types 1 and 2, and a single-pill combination of aliskiren and valsartan to treat hypertension.
  Medscape Medical News CME, October 2009
• New Guidelines Help Primary Care Doctors Treat Liver Transplant Recipients CME/CE The American Society of Transplantation has approved comprehensive guidelines to assist the primary care physician in the long-term care of liver transplant recipients.
  Reuters Health Information CME, September 2009
• FDA Approvals: Azelastine, Guanfacine, Valganciclovir CME/CE The FDA has approved an expanded indication for valganciclovir, guanfacine, and azelastine.
  Medscape Medical News CME, September 2009
• FDA Safety Changes: Strattera, Aptivus, CellCept CME/CE The FDA has approved safety labeling revisions for atomoxetine HCl capsules; tipranavir capsules and oral solution; and mycophenolate mofetil capsules, tablets, injection, and oral suspension.
  Medscape Medical News CME, August 2009
• Drug-Induced Acute Liver Failure Very Rare, but Can Be Fatal CME/CE Drug-Induced Acute Liver Failure Very Rare, But Can Be Fatal
  Medscape Medical News CME, July 2009
• Lung Transplantation May Be Used With Caution in Older Patients CME A retrospective study shows that lung transplantation may be used with caution in patients older than 60 years but should not be used for patients older than 70 years.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2009
• Criteria Identified to Help Predict Survival Benefit From Combined Heart/Kidney Transplantation CME An analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing Database shows that low-risk patients with both kidney and heart failure have a survival benefit from combined heart and kidney transplantation.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2009
• Hyponatremia May Predict Mortality Among Patients Awaiting Liver Transplant A study shows that the Model for End-Stage Liver Disease and the serum sodium concentration are important predictors of survival among candidates for liver transplantation.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2008
• Complete Steroid Avoidance Worsens Rather Than Improves Liver Transplant Outcome Complete steroid avoidance in recipients of liver transplants is associated with an increased likelihood of allograft fibrosis and a higher incidence of retransplant.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2008
• Sex of Kidney Donor May Affect Graft Success H-Y minor histocompatibility affects human kidney transplantation; transplantation of male donor kidneys into female recipients had an increased risk for graft failure.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2008
• Guidelines for Hepatitis C in Chronic Kidney Disease Issued The Kidney Diseases Improving Global Outcomes foundation addresses the prevention, management, and treatment of hepatitis C in chronic kidney disease and in those undergoing hemodialysis.
  Medscape Medical News, April 2008
• FDA Safety Changes: Abilify, Sarafem, Cubicin, Invanz, Arava The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for oral and injectable aripiprazole, fluoxetine HCl, daptomycin injection, ertapenem sodium injection, and leflunomide tablets.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2008
• FDA Safety Changes: Cymbalta, Crestor, Rapamune The FDA has approved revisions to the safety labeling for duloxetine HCl delayed-release capsules, rosuvastatin calcium tablets, and sirolimus tablets and oral solution.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2008
• FDA Approvals: Flo-Pred, Recothrom, Intelence The FDA has approved prednisolone acetate oral suspension (Flo-Pred), topical thrombin [rDNA origin] solution (Recothrom), and etravirine tablets (Intelence).
  Medscape Medical News, January 2008
• Unretrieved Device Fragments Cause More Than 1000 Injuries Annually Because unretrieved fragments from medical devices can cause serious injury, these devices should be inspected for fragmentation immediately on removal from the patient.
  Medscape Medical News, January 2008
• Coronary Angiography Does Not Accelerate GFR Decline in Late-Stage CKD Preemptive renal transplantation candidacy status is unaffected by coronary angiographic screening.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2007
• Donor Risk Must Be Factored Into Transplant Decisions The increased use of expanded criteria donor livers raises the issue of who should receive them.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2007
• USPSTF Issues Statement on Routine Screening for Lipid Disorders in Young People Potential harms and benefits of routine screening in children, teens, or adults up to age 20 years are unclear, but the US Preventive Services Task Force provides some clinical considerations.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2007
• CDC Revises Guidelines for Infection Prevention in Hospitals and Healthcare Settings The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have revised their guidelines for preventing transmission of infectious agents in hospitals and healthcare settings.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2007