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Living or deceased-donor kidney transplant: the role of psycho-socioeconomic factors and outcomes associated with each type of transplant

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020
Background Kidney transplant improves patients’ survival and quality of life. Worldwide, concern about the equality of access to the renal transplant wait-list is increasing. In Iran, patients have the choice to be placed on either the living or deceased-
Abbas Basiri, Maryam Taheri, Alireza Khoshdel, Shabnam Golshan, Hamed Mohseni-rad, Nasrin Borumandnia, Nasser Simforoosh, Mohsen Nafar, Majid Aliasgari, Mohammad Hossein Nourbala, Gholamreza Pourmand, Soudabeh Farhangi, Nastaran Khalili   +12 more
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Leukemia and Exposure to Potential Benzene Sources in Children From the Mexico City Metropolitan Area, 2010–2021: A Geospatial Analysis

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Leukemia is the most common childhood cancer in Mexico, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most frequent subtype. Exposure to high concentrations of benzene has been associated with ALL incidence, particularly in urban areas. This study evaluated the relationship between distance to benzene emission sources and the number
Orlando Rivera Zurita, Norma Candelaria López Santiago, Claudia Maria García Cuellar, Karla Maldonado Silva, Nancy Reynoso Noverón, Leticia Hernández Cadena   +5 more
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Early Impact of Childhood Opportunity on Neurocognitive Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Neurocognitive impairment is a well‐recognized complication of sickle cell disease (SCD) that begins early in childhood and persists across development. While cerebrovascular injury contributes substantially to risk, neurocognitive deficits are also observed in children without overt or silent cerebral infarctions, suggesting ...
Julia E. LaMotte, Hannah Koch, Olivia A. Coughlin, Jillian R. Bouck, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluation of the living kidney donor [PDF]

Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2004
Living donor renal transplantation is the preferred treatment for end-stage renal failure as the risk-benefit ratio for the recipient usually very much favours this approach. However, the benefit for the donor is much harder to define and probably very small if pure medical criteria are considered.
Hendrik, Koller, Gert, Mayer
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Ironic Medications: A Narrative‐Based Psycho‐Educational Intervention to Explore Patient–Provider Communication in Adolescents With Haematological Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Adolescents with haematological malignancies face significant emotional and relational challenges, often accompanied by difficulties in communicating their needs within the healthcare context. To address these issues, a narrative‐based psycho‐educational intervention based on the creation and prescription of Ironic Medications was ...
Marta Stoppa, Elena Pagani Bagliacca, Selena Russo, Giulia Rampoldi, Maria Grazia Strepparava, Adriana Cristina Balduzzi, Andrea Biondi, Marco Spinelli   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Incidence and Severity of Carboplatin‐Associated Hearing Loss in Children With Cancer Assessed by the SIOP Boston 2012 Ototoxicity Criteria

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Platinum‐based chemotherapy is known to cause severe and debilitating hearing loss, but unlike cisplatin, the true incidence of carboplatin‐induced hearing loss remains unclear. We evaluated functional hearing outcomes in children receiving carboplatin to determine the incidence and severity of ototoxicity. Procedure We identified a
Aniket Chawla, Sean Carter, Andrew Wood, Sandra Staffieri, Andrew Dodgshun, David D. Eisenstat, Michael Sullivan   +6 more
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Re‐Irradiation in Pediatric Diffuse Midline Glioma: A Multi‐Institutional Retrospective Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with recurrent diffuse midline gliomas (DMGs) have limited therapeutic options at recurrence. Re‐irradiation (RT2) may be used at progression, but with uncertainty about the benefit. Methods We conducted a multi‐institutional retrospective study of children aged < 18 with DMG treated at three centers (Toronto, Canada ...
Ajay Thomas Alex, Sean P. Hassan, Helen Benghiat, Liam Herbert, Jennifer Adamski, Shivani Bailey, Claire Esler, Louise Brookes, Molly Bamber, Grace Koudou, Karen Waite, Julie Bennett, Anirban Das, Derek S. Tsang   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Positive and Negative Affects in Living Kidney Donors [PDF]

, 2021
[[abstract]]Objective This study aimed to identify the factors influencing the positive and negative affects and the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of living kidney donors.
Hsieh, C.Y.;Chien, C.H.;Liu, K.L.;Wang, H.H.;Lin, K.J.;Chiang, Y.J.
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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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