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Organ Procurement Organization Approach of ICU Families in Person Versus by Phone for Donation Authorization

Critical Care Explorations
OBJECTIVES:. Due to hospital visitor restriction policies, the COVID-19 pandemic forced many conversations between ICU patients’ families and organ procurement organizations (OPOs) to be conducted by phone, as opposed to in-person.
Qiang Zhang, BA, Brandon McKown, MBA, Winnie Lau, MD, Tamara A. Strohm, MD, Lisa A. Paolillo, JD, Alexandra K. Glazier, JD, MPH, Jill P. Stinebring, RN, MBA, David Y. Hwang, MD   +7 more
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Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Low Mass X-ray Binaries : Accretion Disk Contamination and Compact Object Mass Determination in V404 Cyg and Cen X-4

, 2010
We present near-infrared (NIR) broadband (0.80--2.42 $\mu$m) spectroscopy of two low mass X-ray binaries: V404 Cyg and Cen X-4. One important parameter required in the determination of the mass of the compact objects in these systems is the binary ...
Bailyn, Belczynski, Berdyugina, Brown, Cantrell, Cantrell, Casares, Casares, Cayrel De Strobel, Charles, Chevalier, Claret, Cynthia S. Froning, Edward L. Robinson, Froning, Froning, Fryer, Förster Schreiber, Gelino, Harrison, Harrison, Juthika Khargharia, Lucy, Makino, Marsden, Meyer, Miller-Jones, Nice, Rayner, Sarna, Shahbaz, Shahbaz, Shahbaz, Wallace, Wallace   +34 more
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Donor complications and donor care [PDF]

ISBT Science Series, 2009
Vasovagal reaction (VVR) is the most common adverse reaction associated with blood donation, and we have analysed risk factors and suggested preventive measures for VVR.Donor complications  In Japan, there were 5 137 612 donations in 2008, and the incidence of all donor complications was 1·16% (male 0·87%, female 1·76%).
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Intraoperative Collection of Ascitic Fluid With Intra‐ or Postoperative Reinfusion in Ovarian Cancer: Safety and Feasibility of a Roller Pumping Method

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Patients with ovarian cancer often present with massive ascites, leading to significant protein loss during surgical procedures. Although cell‐free concentrated ascites reinfusion therapy (CART) is used in palliative settings to mitigate protein loss, its application in intraoperative settings remains unexplored.
Yutaka Yoneoka, Tsukuru Amano, Akimasa Takahashi, Mari Deguchi, Hiroyuki Yamanaka, Yuji Tanaka, Shunichiro Tsuji, Takashi Murakami   +7 more
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Evaluation of Patients with Diagnosis of Brain Death

Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, 2019
Introduction:The aim of this study was to retrospectively evaluate the brain death (BD) cases in our pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) within a period of two years.Methods:The patients with a diagnosis of BD between January 2016 and October 2017 were ...
Mehmet Yusuf Sarı, Evrim Gül
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Shifting Surrogacy Laws and Legal Parenthood

Voices in Bioethics, 2015
Both international and domestic surrogacy suffers from a vast lack of legal regulation. Looking abroad, most countries do not possess laws that address surrogacy and, domestically, there are huge variances amongst the states. This lack of legalization or
Katarina Lee
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An Elementary Proof of Dodgson's Condensation Method for Calculating Determinants

, 2016
In 1866, Charles Ludwidge Dodgson published a paper concerning a method for evaluating determinants called the condensation method. His paper documented a new method to calculate determinants that was based on Jacobi's Theorem. The condensation method is
Donor, Micah, Harwood, R. Corban, Main, Mitch   +2 more
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The Missing Tax Benefit of Donor-Advised Funds [PDF]

, 2016
The second largest charitable organization in the country in terms of annual money raised is not the Red Cross, the Salvation Army, or the YMCA— it’s Fidelity Investments. The sixth largest is Charles Schwab Corp. Vanguard Group Inc. is No. 10.
Brooks, John R.
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Adjunctive Therapeutic Plasma Exchange in Refractory Adult‐Onset Still's Disease Complicated by Secondary Macrophage Activation Syndrome: A Single‐Center Experience

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) complicated by macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) carries substantial mortality. The role of therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) remains uncertain. Methods We retrospectively analyzed patients with AOSD‐MAS treated with TPE at a single‐center.
Masataka Ueda, Tomohiro Saito, Masahide Mizobuchi, Tomoki Shimomura, Saki Kawamori, Mitsuru Kawanishi, Natsuko Hattori, Jo Sugiyama, Satoshi Tsubata, Hanami Horiguchi, Kazuki Abe, Nao Iida, Yuki Kajio, Nao Oguro, Ryo Yanai, Hirokazu Honda   +15 more
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Systematic Evaluation of the Safety Threshold for Allograft Macrovesicular Steatosis in Cadaveric Liver Transplantation

Frontiers in Physiology, 2019
Background: Currently, 30% macrovesicular steatosis (MaS) content is usually assigned empirically as the boundary between “use” and “refuse” a donor liver for liver transplantation (LT); however, this cut-off is questionable due to the lack of systemic ...
Zhengtao Liu, Zhengtao Liu, Zhengtao Liu, Junjun Jia, Junjun Jia, Junjun Jia, Huaijun Ning, Shuping Que, Lin Zhou, Lin Zhou, Shusen Zheng, Shusen Zheng, Shusen Zheng   +12 more
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