The annual congress of the ESOT – European Society for Organ Transplantation is the largest and most influential scientific event in the field of transplantation science in the world. This year, patients and their well-being took center stage, with many sessions dedicated to shared decision making, shared care, and patient-related issues. The congress was attended […]
“Diagnosing and treating pulmonary hypertension – understanding the professional guidelines” is an easy to understand summary of the joint European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and European Respiratory Society (ERS) clinical guidelines for pulmonary hypertension (PH). It was published on the European Lung Foundation (ELF) website on 02/11/2022. It is for people with pulmonary hypertension, or
Commentary by Prof. Olaf Mercier, M.D., Ph.D., Thoracic Surgeon, Marie Lannelongue Hospital, France Minimally invasive surgery has shown its value in lung resection surgery by reducing the impact of the surgical procedure and accelerating recovery after the operation. These techniques did not allow for lung transplantation, which is a more risky procedure because the connections
An edition of the the Council of Europe EDQM’s annual “Newsletter Transplant” was published. It provides comprehensive information and data on donation and transplantation activities in 2021 from 79 countries worldwide. This report is the international reference in monitoring practice in donation and transplantation of substances of human origin. It is produced thanks to the
To date, several reports have underlined low rates of antibody response to mRNA COVID-19 vaccines in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. According to the authors of an article titled “Evaluation of the Kinetics of Antibody Response to COVID-19 Vaccine in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: The Prospective Multicenter ORCHESTRA Cohort” (1) previous studies assessing the antibody
