• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • Transplant
  • Dialysis
  • Donation
Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University

Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University

Praying for a miracle | Local News

Praying for a miracle | Local News

Hemodialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis Market Size and Share 2020

Hemodialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis Market Size and Share 2020

Global Kidney Dialysis Equipment Industry market 2019 ? 2025 analysis examined in new market research report – Bulletin Line

Global Peritoneal Dialysis Solution Market Scope and Price Analysis of Top Manufacturers Profiles 2020-2027 – Reviewindependent

Liver Helpline India Releases Detailed Guideline for Liver Cancer Treatment

Liver Helpline India Releases Detailed Guideline for Liver Cancer Treatment

Dialysis patients at risk amid lockdown: NephroPlus

CallHealth, NephroPlus join hands to offer dialysis at home

Leeds girl born with liver disease inspires children to take part in fundraising run challenge

Leeds girl born with liver disease inspires children to take part in fundraising run challenge

Some at high-risk for COVID raise concerns about vaccination priority :: WRAL.com

Some at high-risk for COVID raise concerns about vaccination priority :: WRAL.com

Kidney Dialysis Machines Market Trends and Vendors Analysis after Covid-19 Pandemic (2021–2027) B. Braun Melsungen AG, Sorin Group, Asahi Kasei Medical

Kidney Dialysis Machines Market Trends and Vendors Analysis after Covid-19 Pandemic (2021–2027) B. Braun Melsungen AG, Sorin Group, Asahi Kasei Medical

Blood Dialysis Machines Market Size by 2027

Blood Dialysis Machines Market Size by 2027

China reports 4th rabies case from organ transplantation in four years

China reports 4th rabies case from organ transplantation in four years

Elliott athletic name in Tucson lives on with Noel’s children

Elliott athletic name in Tucson lives on with Noel’s children

Torus Palatinus in Taiwan Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis and H

Characteristics and Outcomes of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Seroposit

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
Monday, January 25, 2021
Transplant News
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Transplant
    • All
    • Kidney Transplant
    Praying for a miracle | Local News

    Praying for a miracle | Local News

    Liver Helpline India Releases Detailed Guideline for Liver Cancer Treatment

    Liver Helpline India Releases Detailed Guideline for Liver Cancer Treatment

    Leeds girl born with liver disease inspires children to take part in fundraising run challenge

    Leeds girl born with liver disease inspires children to take part in fundraising run challenge

    Some at high-risk for COVID raise concerns about vaccination priority :: WRAL.com

    Some at high-risk for COVID raise concerns about vaccination priority :: WRAL.com

    Elliott athletic name in Tucson lives on with Noel’s children

    Elliott athletic name in Tucson lives on with Noel’s children

    Bengaluru doctor with double kidney transplant takes jab, backs it | Bengaluru News

    Bengaluru doctor with double kidney transplant takes jab, backs it | Bengaluru News

    Bengaluru doctor with double kidney transplant takes jab, recommends it | India News

    Bengaluru doctor with double kidney transplant takes jab, recommends it | India News

    ‘I just want a kidney as soon as possible’ – Birmingham patient’s despair as transplants halted amid Covid-19 surge

    ‘I just want a kidney as soon as possible’ – Birmingham patient’s despair as transplants halted amid Covid-19 surge

    Canberra Hospital program takes transplant burden off kidney patient’s mind

    Canberra Hospital program takes transplant burden off kidney patient’s mind

    An ethical analysis of obesity as a determinant of pediatric heart transplant candidacy

    COVID-19 Infection in Former Living Kidney Donors

  • Donation
    • All
    • Kidney Donation
    • Liver Donation
    • Organ Donation
    China reports 4th rabies case from organ transplantation in four years

    China reports 4th rabies case from organ transplantation in four years

    Seeing the future through the past: Mother and son find strength in Mohawk heritage | St. Lawrence County

    Organ donation myths, busted | Health Matters

    Mum facing homelessness gives her baby gift of life for second time with liver donation

    Mum facing homelessness gives her baby gift of life for second time with liver donation

    Fewer organ transplants due to Covid

    Fewer organ transplants due to Covid

    Positively Tennessee: Friends recovering after kidney donation

    Positively Tennessee: Friends recovering after kidney donation

    Massachusetts expands vaccine access to all eligible Phase 1 residents

    Massachusetts expands vaccine access to all eligible Phase 1 residents

    Organ Donation Network Integration Delayed by Covid

    Organ Donation Network Integration Delayed by Covid

    What Was Believed to Treat Epilepsy in Ancient Rome?

    What Was Believed to Treat Epilepsy in Ancient Rome?

    EDITORIAL: Nova Scotia’s new organ donation system will save lives | Local-Perspectives | Opinion

    EDITORIAL: Nova Scotia’s new organ donation system will save lives | Local-Perspectives | Opinion

    ‘Time is the big thing’: Teenager who received lifesaving transplant says medical drones could ‘save lives’

    ‘Time is the big thing’: Teenager who received lifesaving transplant says medical drones could ‘save lives’

  • Dialysis
    Hemodialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis Market Size and Share 2020

    Hemodialysis & Peritoneal Dialysis Market Size and Share 2020

    Global Kidney Dialysis Equipment Industry market 2019 ? 2025 analysis examined in new market research report – Bulletin Line

    Global Peritoneal Dialysis Solution Market Scope and Price Analysis of Top Manufacturers Profiles 2020-2027 – Reviewindependent

    Dialysis patients at risk amid lockdown: NephroPlus

    CallHealth, NephroPlus join hands to offer dialysis at home

    Kidney Dialysis Machines Market Trends and Vendors Analysis after Covid-19 Pandemic (2021–2027) B. Braun Melsungen AG, Sorin Group, Asahi Kasei Medical

    Kidney Dialysis Machines Market Trends and Vendors Analysis after Covid-19 Pandemic (2021–2027) B. Braun Melsungen AG, Sorin Group, Asahi Kasei Medical

    Blood Dialysis Machines Market Size by 2027

    Blood Dialysis Machines Market Size by 2027

    Torus Palatinus in Taiwan Patients Receiving Peritoneal Dialysis and H

    Characteristics and Outcomes of Cytomegalovirus Infection in Seroposit

    Enable transport facility for cancer, dialysis patients, says Alagiri

    Revoor foundation sets up free dialysis centre

    Global Dialysis Machines Market Size, Share, Growth Rate, Future Scope, Trends 2020-2026 – NeighborWebSJ

    Global Dialysis Machines Market Size, Share, Growth Rate, Future Scope, Trends 2020-2026 – NeighborWebSJ

    Global Dialysis Tubing Market Analysis, Company Profile, Future Estimations by 2027 – Murphy’s Hockey Law

    Global Dialysis Tubing Market 2020 – Industry Share, Growth, Trends Analysis Report – NeighborWebSJ

    Global Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Market 2020– Industry Insights, Drivers, Top Trends, Global Analysis And Forecast to 2027

    Hemodialysis and Peritoneal Dialysis Market Trends, Growth, Demand, opportunities, Scope & Forecast by 2027 – NeighborWebSJ

  • Donor
    • All
    • Kidney Donor
    • Organ Donor
    I wrote my own destiny on Bay Street – till my kidney failed

    I wrote my own destiny on Bay Street – till my kidney failed

    Colorado Springs mother finds unique way to search for kidney donor

    Colorado Springs mother finds unique way to search for kidney donor

    Pennsylvania lags behind some states in administering COVID-19 vaccine

    Pennsylvania lags behind some states in administering COVID-19 vaccine

    Community steps up, tries to help Englewood man get kidney

    Community steps up, tries to help Englewood man get kidney

    Community group hopes to install billboard to get neighbor a kidney

    Community group hopes to install billboard to get neighbor a kidney

    Organ Donor registry eyes a big year for donors | Local News

    Organ Donor registry eyes a big year for donors | Local News

    Bellmore man seeks kidney donor | Herald Community Newspapers

    Bellmore man seeks kidney donor | Herald Community Newspapers

    After donating his kidney, Abbotsford hotdog king starts donor campaign – Coast Mountain News

    After donating his kidney, Abbotsford hotdog king starts donor campaign – Coast Mountain News

    Gina Must Pass a Psychological Evaluation So She Can Be Drew’s Kidney Donor

    Gina Must Pass a Psychological Evaluation So She Can Be Drew’s Kidney Donor

    From a hospital staff to an organ transplant racketeer..

    From a hospital staff to an organ transplant racketeer..

  • Editor’s Pick
  • Videos
    Exercise and Lifestyle with Cardiomyopathy

    Exercise and Lifestyle with Cardiomyopathy

    BSC Renal Dialysis Technology Course career and scope in malayalam

    BSC Renal Dialysis Technology Course career and scope in malayalam

    On the other side, my experience as a stem cell donor

    On the other side, my experience as a stem cell donor

    Rehman Free Dialysis Center

    Rehman Free Dialysis Center

    Advances in Lung Transplant: Better Testing, Matching and Conditioning

    Advances in Lung Transplant: Better Testing, Matching and Conditioning

    Dialysis time

    Dialysis time

    Medical Treatment of Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Chet Patel, MD

    Medical Treatment of Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Chet Patel, MD

    Vlog088 "My Mini Dialysis Testimony"

    Vlog088 "My Mini Dialysis Testimony"

    MacLean Conference – Walter Glannon "Are We Underestimating the Risk in Living Kidney Donation?"

    MacLean Conference – Walter Glannon "Are We Underestimating the Risk in Living Kidney Donation?"

Transplant News
Home Donation Kidney Donation

Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University

in Kidney Donation
Doctor recovers, gives first serum donation at Methodist University
492
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

By creator to dailymemphian.com

Till a month in the past, when Dr. Daniel Wakefield examined optimistic for COVID-19, he and his spouse, a nurse, have been watching the illness unfold within the metropolis from the entrance line.

Tuesday, he turned a part of a second entrance line by donating his plasma at Methodist College Hospital.


UTHSC takes huge strides in battle to ramp up testing


“My physique was sturdy sufficient to combat this off,” mentioned Wakefield, 30, a radiation oncology resident at West Most cancers Clinic. “In a means, giving plasma is sharing that power with another person.

“Once I take into consideration why I gave, it’s what we do,” he mentioned. “We assist our neighbor as a healer. It’s why we practice and research and work exhausting. It’s to assist folks, to heal folks.”

<strong>Dan Wakefield</strong>

Dan Wakefield

Convalescent serum is plasma — the liquid portion of blood — taken from an individual who has recovered from an infectious illness. It’s given to somebody sick with the identical illness. In a number of diseases, together with the 1918 Spanish influenza, serum helped folks get better extra shortly as a result of they benefited from the antibodies in donor plasma.

ICU medical doctors at Methodist will infuse the serum in significantly sick COVID-19 sufferers and monitor the responses in intervals as much as 30 days, as prescribed by the U.S. Meals and Drug Administration and the Mayo Clinic.


Local lab will begin antibody testing Tuesday


“We’re additionally within the strategy of increasing convalescent plasma transfusion throughout the Methodist hospital system,” mentioned Dr. Arthur Townsend, vp and chief scientific transformation officer.

Two to 4 sufferers may very well be handled with one donor’s plasma, he mentioned.

Baptist Memorial Hospital has been utilizing the remedy for a number of weeks. In each use, it’s fully experimental. 

The FDA introduced Mayo Clinic’s participation April 3. Methodist joined the consortium a number of weeks later.

“We’ve seen this virus within the Mid-South and throughout the nation particularly affect individuals who have pre-existing circumstances like diabetes, bronchial asthma and kidney illness, amongst others,” Townsend mentioned. “An efficient therapy may also assist us battle this virus if one other wave hits our nation.”


Methodist joins Mayo in antibody test


As of Wednesday, 1,886 well being care establishments had joined the consortium, making it one of many largest convalescent serum research in nation. Docs in these establishments have registered 3,266 sufferers who meet pointers for being reasonably to severely sick. Of these, 1,199 have obtained transfusions, in response to Mayo.

“That is an experimental method sanctioned by the FDA, not a scientific trial. General conclusions about how nicely this works is not going to be obtainable for a while, after which I think they’ll come from the FDA,” mentioned Mayo spokesman Robert Nellis.

After quarantining at dwelling, Wakefield has totally recovered and hopes his story will encourage different folks to step ahead to donate convalescent plasma.

“It was simple to offer, very protected. The thought that with this easy needle stick and blood draw I may probably save somebody’s life, that was significant,” he mentioned.


Methodist Le Bonheur shares guidelines on how to donate


He recovered from the novel coronavirus in lower than a day at dwelling. His spouse, who started exhibiting signs on the identical time, turned a lot sicker.

As his spouse’s case of the illness superior, Wakefield began to fret she could not get better with out going to the hospital.

“About day 10-11, she began to show a nook. On day 13-14, she was asymptomatic once more and again to her regular, wholesome self. And I used to be so grateful.”

As quickly as he realized he was optimistic, Wakefield referred to as contacts at Methodist ICU.

“They mentioned they have been beginning a check right here for our sufferers. I mentioned, ‘If you want my plasma, let me know.’ ”

Editor’s Observe: The Each day Memphian is making our coronavirus protection accessible to all readers — no subscription wanted. Our journalists proceed to work across the clock to give you the in depth protection you want; in the event you can subscribe, please do. 


Dr. Scott Strome, govt dean of the College of Tennessee Well being Science Middle, is an enthusiastic supporter of antibody therapy, however needs proof of its effectiveness.

“My enthusiasm is tempered by lack of knowledge. We noticed that with chloroquine and different medicines. Generally, enthusiasm will get forward of science, and when that occurs, folks can get harm.”

Chloroquine, a malarial drug that has been touted as an efficient remedy for the coronavirus, suffered a public blow this week when a Veterans Administration research confirmed in a research of 368 males who examined optimistic for coronavirus, that extra died when the drug was used versus commonplace care.

Whereas medical follow has expertise giving sufferers convalescent serum, and there may be anecdotal proof it could work, the issue, Strome mentioned, “is now we have to actually present, in an unbiased research, that it does work.”

Antibodies within the serum bind to the virus within the sick affected person. If they’re neutralizing antibodies, they stop the virus from coming into a brand new cell.

“The excellent news is, in idea, if we give these antibodies to a affected person, we are able to block the virus from coming into right into a cell,” Strome mentioned.

<strong>Scott Strome</strong>

Scott Strome

Whereas there may be sturdy scientific rationale for the infusions, there are points, he mentioned.

First, donors should have the ability to show they’d the illness, which requires that they donate plasma within the clinic the place they examined optimistic or have a duplicate of their optimistic check assertion.

Methodist requires donors be totally recovered for at the very least 14 days. They should have a unfavourable nasal swab check if their restoration has been lower than 28 days.

“Every scientific trial can have completely different pointers,” Wakefield mentioned. “The primary factor is ensuring the sufferers (who donate) have fully recovered and have a unfavourable check to verify they’re now not sick.”

The second problem, Strome mentioned, is that the extent and form of antibodies can differ from donor to donor.

“There’s a presumption you probably have been uncovered, you will have antibodies and they are going to be neutralizing, however it’s much more nuanced than that in actual life.

“There can be completely different ranges of antibodies in people. There can be completely different ranges of neutralizing antibodies in numerous people. So, to be able to do a scientific trial correctly, it’s important to check all these issues to know what you’re giving,” Strome mentioned.

“Proper now, it may work in a single particular person and never the opposite.”

The one approach to know for positive, he mentioned, is to manage the serum in sufferers grouped by age, signs and stage of illness and examine the outcomes to the identical teams of sufferers with serum from a donor who didn’t have coronavirus.

Individuals who meet the necessities and wish to take part within the Mayo research by way of Methodist could have their blood drawn by the American Purple Cross or Vitalant.





— to dailymemphian.com

Share197Tweet123Share49
Previous Post

Coronavirus | Limited trial of plasma therapy on patients ‘encouraging,’ says Kejriwal

Next Post

Vital Signs: Pilot program, technology help keep in-home dialysis patients safe | Lifestyles

Next Post
Vital Signs: The need for organ donations continues | Lifestyles

Vital Signs: Pilot program, technology help keep in-home dialysis patients safe | Lifestyles

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Editor's Pick

New England Patriots Tom Brady Helps To Save The Life Of A Woman Needing A Lifesaving Kidney Transplant
Editor's Pick

New England Patriots Tom Brady Helps To Save The Life Of A Woman Needing A Lifesaving Kidney Transplant

New England Patriots Tom Brady owes a lot of his success to Tom Martinez, the 68-yearold Quarterback coach from California...

San Francisco police officer donates kidney to save a stranger

San Francisco police officer donates kidney to save a stranger

Patriots’ Tom Brady on Mission to Help Mentor

More in need of organ transplants seek their own donors

More in need of organ transplants seek their own donors

People Turn Online To Find Organ Matches

People Turn Online To Find Organ Matches

Tom Brady Continues to do His Part in Saving Lives

Tom Brady Continues to do His Part in Saving Lives

Woman Who Underwent Historic Double Transplant Surgery To Get New Kidney

Woman Who Underwent Historic Double Transplant Surgery To Get New Kidney

Tom Brady Helps Lexington Mom Get New Kidney

Tom Brady Helps Lexington Mom Get New Kidney

Tom Brady honors mentor with donation to local organ transplant organization

Tom Brady honors mentor with donation to local organ transplant organization

Local family searching for a kidney donor

Local family searching for a kidney donor

Oahu woman gives priceless Thanksgiving gift

Oahu woman gives priceless Thanksgiving gift

Kidney donor surprises Long Island recipient with visit

Kidney donor surprises Long Island recipient with visit

Transplant News

Copyright © 2020 All rights reserved.

Navigate Site

  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Transplant
    • Kidney Transplant
  • Donation
    • Kidney Donation
    • Liver Donation
    • Organ Donation
  • Dialysis
  • Donor
    • Kidney Donor
    • Organ Donor
  • Videos
  • Editor’s Pick

Copyright © 2020 All rights reserved.