Publications by authors named "Blessing Aghaulor"
Unlabelled: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is associated with cardiovascular (CV) events, a leading complication in liver transplant recipients (LTRs). Timely subspecialty care is associated with improved clinical outcomes in patients with CKD. This study sought to assess associations between nephrology comanagement and CV events among LTRs at risk for or with CKD.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCardiac and Pulmonary Vascular Risk Stratification in Liver Transplantation.
Clin Liver Dis
February 2021
Cardiovascular disease complications are the leading cause of early (short-term) mortality among liver transplant recipients. The increasingly older candidate pool has multiple comorbidities necessitating cardiac and pulmonary vascular disease risk stratification of patients for optimal allocation of scarce donor livers. Arrhythmias, heart failure, stroke, and coronary artery disease are common pretransplant cardiovascular comorbidities and contribute to cardiovascular complications after liver transplant.
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- Some medical treatments for rare conditions, like liver transplants, don't always have specific studies to guide doctors, so they often rely on expert opinions for better care.
- A new method called © helps create these guidance recommendations by combining existing guidelines, expert agreement, and understanding the challenges doctors face in following them.
- This approach includes input from everyone involved, like patients and caregivers, to ensure the recommendations are helpful and can be put into practice more easily.
Background: Increased trade between China and Uganda has fueled trafficking of female Ugandans into China. These women may face challenges accessing health services. This study focused on examining barriers to health care access among female Ugandan sex workers in China.
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