Publications by authors named "Diana A Wu"
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- The study evaluated the short-term outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in elderly patients aged 70 and above, comparing those aged 70-79 years with those aged 80 and older.
- Both age groups showed similar survival rates at 30 days and 1 year post-SAVR, indicating that age alone does not predict poorer outcomes.
- Risk factors for higher mortality included insulin-dependent diabetes and severe heart failure (NYHA class IV), which should be carefully considered when selecting elderly patients for SAVR.
Is socioeconomic deprivation associated with worse quality of life, anxiety and depression in liver transplant recipients? A cross-sectional study in a national transplantation programme.
BMJ Open
August 2023
Objective: To identify whether socioeconomic deprivation is associated with worse health-related quality of life (HR-QoL), anxiety and depression following liver transplantation.
Design: Cross-sectional study.
Setting And Participants: Liver transplant recipients within a national transplantation programme.
Equity of access to renal transplantation: a European perspective.
Curr Opin Organ Transplant
August 2021
Purpose Of Review: Renal transplantation offers the chance for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) to have a significantly longer, healthier and better quality life compared with remaining on dialysis. Inequities have been demonstrated at multiple points in the transplantation pathway. In this review, the factors contributing to inequity in access to renal transplantation will be explored from a European perspective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Metronidazole is commonly prescribed for intra-abdominal infections. Oral metronidazole has high bioavailability (>95%) and intravenous metronidazole should be reserved for patients not suitable for oral preparations.
Methods And Materials: This full cycle audit evaluated the type of metronidazole preparation prescribed in adult emergency surgical patients requiring first-line empirical antimicrobial therapy for intra-abdominal infections.
Background: Comorbidity is increasingly common in kidney transplant recipients, yet the implications for transplant outcomes are not fully understood. We analyzed the relationship between recipient comorbidity and survival outcomes in a UK-wide prospective cohort study-Access to Transplantation and Transplant Outcome Measures (ATTOM).
Methods: A total of 2100 adult kidney transplant recipients were recruited from all 23 UK transplant centers between 2011 and 2013.
Background: Living donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) provides more timely access to transplantation and better clinical outcomes than deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT). This study investigated disparities in the utilization of LDKT in the UK.
Methods: A total of 2055 adults undergoing kidney transplantation between November 2011 and March 2013 were prospectively recruited from all 23 UK transplant centres as part of the Access to Transplantation and Transplant Outcome Measures (ATTOM) study.
Worldwide, the number of patients able to benefit from kidney transplantation is greatly restricted by the severe shortage of deceased donor organs. Allocation of this scarce resource is increasingly challenging and complex. Striking an acceptable balance between efficient use of (utility) and fair access to (equity) the limited supply of donated kidneys raises controversial but important debates at ethical, medical, and social levels.
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