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Donor hypertension worsens graft survival, function in kidney recipients
Kidney transplant recipients from living donors with hypertension are at significantly increased risk of renal allograft loss compared to those from normotensive living donors, reveals a study. Moreover, outcomes are similar to recipients of normotensive deceased donors.

Statin use linked to reduced risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes
Patients who are on long-term statin therapy may have a reduced risk of severe COVID-19–related outcomes including mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and requirement for mechanical ventilation, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2022.

Third-dose vaccine beats tolerance in cirrhotic COVID-19 patients
A third-dose administration of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine results in a more substantial decrease in COVID-19 in patients with cirrhosis compared with the general population, according to a study. This suggests that the third dose can overcome vaccine hyporesponsiveness in this population.

Slow disease progression seen in people with NAFLD
A 23-year longitudinal follow-up in a population-based cohort has shown a slowly progressive trend in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with liver-related outcomes affecting only a small number of people, reports a recent study.





