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Evaluating Risk in Kidney Living Donors [PDF]

Transplant International
Kidney donation is a safe procedure for carefully screened donors. The growing shortage of organs and improved survival rates among recipients of living donor transplants have broadened the criteria for acceptable living donors, including older ...
Fernanda Ortiz, Lorna Marson, Rachel Thomas, Andreas Kousios, Elvana Rista, Carmen Lefaucheur, Sanem Cimen, David Cucchiari, Gianluigi Zaza, Lucrezia Furian, Baris Akin   +10 more
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Metabolic risks in living kidney donors in South Korea [PDF]

Kidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2021
Background Considering the growing prevalence of Western lifestyles and related chronic diseases occurring in South Korea, this study aimed to explore the progression of metabolic risk factors in living kidney donors.
Eunjeong Kang, Jina Park, Hyo Jeong Kim, Sehoon Park, Minsu Park, Yaerim Kim, Kwangsoo Kim, Sang Min Park, Dong-Wan Chae, Ho Jun Chin, Jung Pyo Lee, Sik Lee, Soo Wan Kim, Jang-Hee Cho, Miyeun Han, Yong Chul Kim, Yon Su Kim, Insun Choi, Hajeong Lee   +18 more
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Living unspecified kidney donation around the world: Gaps and best practice

Pielęgniarstwo XXI Wieku, 2022
LIVING UNSPECIFIED KIDNEY DONATION AROUND THE WORLD: GAPS AND BEST PRACTICE Introduction. Kidney transplantation is the preferred form of treatment for patients with end-stage renal disease (compared to dialysis).
Paulina Kurleto, Agnieszka Skorupska-Król, Katrina Andrea Bramstedt   +2 more
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The first years of liver transplantation: experiences at a single center

Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2022
Background : The aim of this study was to analyze the first stages of progress in liver transplantation (LT) at a single center in Vietnam. Methods : This study analyzed data from patients and donors who participated in the LT program between August 2018
Phu Hong Pham, Nghia Phuoc Phan, Viet Doan Khac Tran, Viet Quoc Dang, Dat Tien Le, Thuan Duc Nguyen, Long Cong Duy Tran, Bac Hoang Nguyen   +7 more
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Findings of living donation experiences shared on a digital storytelling platform: A thematic analysis

PEC Innovation, 2022
Objectives: To identify common experiences and emotional changes shared by living donors and kidney recipients about their living donation experiences on a digital storytelling platform. Methods: 82 donors and 36 recipients submitted prompt-guided videos
Erica W. Ho, Ariana L. Murillo, LaShara A. Davis, Yaquelin Arevalo Iraheta, Shailesh M. Advani, Ashley Feinsinger, Amy D. Waterman   +6 more
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The Living Donor Collective: A Scientific Registry for Living Donors [PDF]

American Journal of Transplantation, 2017
In the setting of an overall decline in living organ donation and new questions about long-term safety, a better understanding of outcomes after living donation has become imperative. Adequate information on outcomes important to donors may take many years to ascertain and may be evident only by comparing large numbers of donors with suitable controls.
Kasiske, BL, Asrani, SK, Dew, MA, Henderson, ML, Henrich, C, Humar, A, Israni, AK, Lentine, KL, Matas, AJ, Newell, KA, Rudow, D LaPointe, Massie, AB, Snyder, JJ, Taler, SJ, Trotter, JF, Waterman, AD, participants, on behalf of the Living Donor Collective   +16 more
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Living donor nephrectomy [PDF]

Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira, 2018
The Guidelines Project, an initiative of the Brazilian Medical Association, aims to combine information from the medical field in order to standardize producers to assist the reasoning and decision-making of doctors.The information provided through this project must be assessed and criticized by the physician responsible for the conduct that will be ...
Antonio Silvinato, Wanderley M. Bernardo, Luis Sérgio Santos   +2 more
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Predictors of decision ambivalence and the differences between actual living liver donors and potential living liver donors. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2017
BACKGROUND:The decision to become a living liver donor is a stressful event. Ambivalence in decision making may result in psychological distress. Thus, the purpose of this study was to provide a description of the ambivalence of potential living liver ...
Li-Chueh Weng, Hsiu-Li Huang, Hsiu-Hsin Tsai, Wei-Chen Lee   +3 more
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Recipient efficacy and safety of kidney transplantation from older living donor: consideration for using older kidney as a solution to the shortage of organs

Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2021
Background : As a solution to organ shortages, studies on kidney transplantation (KT) from older donors are being conducted. However, many controversies remain about its safety and efficacy.
Ji Yeon Song, Kyo Won Lee, Kyunga Kim, Kyeong Deok Kim, Jaehun Yang, Ji Eun Kwon, Okjoo Lee, Jae Berm Park   +7 more
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Impact of COVID-19 on the number of transplants performed in Brazil during the pandemic. Current situation

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões, 2021
The intense use of resources to combat COVID-19 causes concern in the entire transplant community because, in addition to physical limitations such as ICU beds, lack of homogeneous treatment protocols and uncertainties about the effects of ...
MARCELO AUGUSTO FONTENELLE RIBEIRO JUNIOR, CASSIA TIENI KAWASE COSTA, PAOLA REZENDE NÉDER, ISABELLA DE ALMEIDA AVEIRO, YASMIN GARCIA BATISTA ELIAS, SAMARA DE SOUZA AUGUSTO   +5 more
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