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Blood Pressure and Living Kidney Donors: A Clinical Perspective

Transplantation Direct, 2019
Elevated blood pressure (BP), or “hypertension,” has been one of the main exclusion criteria for living kidney donation, as it is a risk factor for renal and cardiovascular disease. The effect of elevated BP in living kidney donors is not well studied or
Anjay Rastogi, MD, PhD, Stanley Yuan, MD, Farid Arman, MD, Lewis Simon, MD, Kelly Shaffer, MD, Mohammad Kamgar, MD, Niloofar Nobakht, MD, Jonathan S. Bromberg, MD, PhD, Matthew R. Weir, MD   +8 more
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Laparoscopic live donor nephrectomy

Urologic Clinics of North America, 1999
Live donor renal transplantation has many advantages including greater graft and patient survival, shorter waiting periods, improved human leukocyte antigen matching, and less cold ischemia. Until recently, disincentives from the operation, such as prolonged hospitalization, postoperative pain, and significant convalescence, have deterred live donor ...
M D, Fabrizio, L E, Ratner, R A, Montgomery, L R, Kavoussi   +3 more
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Outcomes of Live Virus Vaccination in Patients With Vascular Anomalies Being Treated With Sirolimus

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Live vaccination in patients with vascular anomalies (VA) receiving sirolimus remains controversial due to immunosuppressive effects and theoretical risks. Procedure This single‐center retrospective study included patients with VA less than 4 years old at the start of sirolimus therapy who were incompletely vaccinated.
Svatava Merkle, Kiersten Ricci, Kelly Blache, Rebecca A. Marsh, Adrienne M. Hammill, Elissa Engel   +5 more
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Designing a Compensated–Kidney Donation System [PDF]

, 2014
Osteochondral lesions of the talus (OLTs) are the third most common type of osteochondral lesion and can cause pain and instability of the ankle joint. Episurf Medical AB is a medical technology company that develops individualized implants for patients ...
Beard, T. Randolph, Leitzel, Jim
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Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Chirurgia, 2017
In 50 years after the first liver transplantation, the medical world has witnessed the liver transplantation to become one of the widely recognized and leading branches of surgery. In this period, liver transplantation combined with surgical technique, patient selection, advancements in anesthesia and postoperative care and increased experience has ...
Birkan, Bozkurt, Murat, Dayangac, Yaman, Tokat   +2 more
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Pediatric Oncology Nursing Competencies in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Scoping Review to Inform Practice, Education, and Research

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Nurses are central to cancer care for children and adolescents, yet no comprehensive synthesis has defined essential core competencies for pediatric oncology nursing (PON) practice internationally, particularly in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC).
Luís Carlos Lopes‐Júnior, Edmara Bazoni Soares Maia, Soad Fuentes‐Alabí, Courtney E. Sullivan, Monnie Abraham, Mauricio Maza, Liliana Vásquez Ponce, Regina Aparecida Garcia Lima   +7 more
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Preoperative Comorbidities and Outcomes of Medically Complex Living Kidney Donors

Kidney International Reports, 2020
Introduction: Recent reports have described an increased risk of renal disease in living kidney donors compared with the general population. However, these reports do not detail the outcomes of medically complex living donors (MCLDs) with preoperative ...
Takahisa Hiramitsu, Toshihide Tomosugi, Kenta Futamura, Manabu Okada, Makoto Tsujita, Norihiko Goto, Toshihiro Ichimori, Shunji Narumi, Asami Takeda, Yoshihiko Watarai   +9 more
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Beyond Gift and Bargain: Some Suggestions for Increasing Kidney Exchanges [PDF]

, 2018
Each year, thousands of people in the United States die from end stage renal disease (ESRD), despite the fact that we have the medical knowledge necessary to save them.
Oman, Nathan B.
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Live donor liver transplantation [PDF]

Liver Transplantation, 2006
With ever-increasing demand for liver replacement, supply of organs is the limiting factor and a significant number of patients die while waiting. Live donor liver transplantation has emerged as an important option for many patients, particularly small pediatric patients and those adults that are disadvantaged by the current ...
Sander, Florman, Charles M, Miller
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NRASQ61R Expression in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells Causes Enlarged Vessels, Hemorrhagic Chylous Effusions, and High Mortality in a Mouse Model of Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis (KLA) is an aggressive complex lymphatic anomaly. Patients exhibit malformed lymphatic vessels and often develop hemorrhagic effusions and elevated angiopoietin‐2 (Ang‐2) levels. A somatic NRAS p.Q61R (NRASQ61R) mutation has been associated with KLA.
C. Griffin McDaniel, Patricia Pastura, Joshua P. Scallan, Timothy D. Le Cras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source