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Medical staff in surgical gowns and masks perform a kidney transplant in an operating room; one surgeon examines the kidney over a sterile basin while others assist.
June 13, 2024

Study shows transplant volumes decreased, costs rose following federal policy change

The new policy changed liver allocations from a regional service area to an “acuity circles” system that assigns donor livers as far as 500 nautical miles away based on the acuity of recipients.

Five masked clinicians in an emergency department prepare for a difficult airway procedure around a supine patient. One holds a video laryngoscope while others handle airway equipment, including a bag-valve mask and laryngeal mask airway; monitoring equipment and medical supplies surround the bed.
June 13, 2024

Multicenter study identifies method of preoxygenation that prevents hypoxemia and cardiac arrest during emergency tracheal intubation

Preoxygenation is the administration of supplemental oxygen prior to the start of a procedure to increase the content of oxygen in the lung and decrease the risk of hypoxemia

Illustration of a spherical parainfluenza virus particle with a textured orange surface and numerous irregular multicolored spike-like structures, alongside a blurred particle in the foreground.
June 12, 2024

Scientists find antibodies that block parainfluenza virus infection

The antibodies may have clinical benefit as antiviral drugs to treat potentially life-threatening infections in elderly and immunosuppressed patients.

A man in a black cowboy hat leans toward a seated person in a wheelchair while a woman in a red shirt stands beside them; a large mounted device partially obscures the scene.
June 12, 2024

From clinic to comic cons: Team helps nonverbal, nonmobile patient unlock his interviewing voice

Seven years ago, asking questions was not possible. Ivan, who is nonverbal and nonmobile, had no way to communicate. What he was thinking, feeling or wanting was always a “best guess” for his mom.

Zozan Abdullah practices patient care techniques through VUMC’s Care Partner Academy.
June 12, 2024

VUMC creating career development ladder for care partners

The program, which is optional, allows care partners to start at a Care Partner I position and progress to Care Partner II and Care Partner III.

Multicolor immunofluorescence microscopy of human clear cell renal cell carcinoma tissue, with macrophages shown in red amid green and blue cellular structures.
June 12, 2024

Obesity-cancer connection discovery suggests strategies for improving immunotherapy 

The study reported in the journal Nature provides a mechanistic explanation for the “obesity paradox” — that obesity can contribute to cancer progression but also improve response to immunotherapy.