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Disgust sensitivity and support for organ donation : time to take disgust seriously [PDF]

, 2020
Background: There are currently roughly 10,000 Germans on the organ waiting list, and that number is over 113,000 in the USA. There is a clear need to increase support for organ donation in general and to increase the number of registered donors in ...
Gormsen, Erik, Mazur, Lucas
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Prediction of Graft Survival Post-liver Transplantation by L-GrAFT Risk Score Model, EASE Score, MEAF Scoring, and EAD

Frontiers in Surgery, 2021
Background: Early allograft dysfunction (EAD) is correlated with poor patient or graft survival in liver transplantation. However, the power of distinct definitions of EAD in prediction of graft survival is unclear.Methods: This retrospective, single ...
Shirui Chen, Shirui Chen, Shirui Chen, Tielong Wang, Tielong Wang, Tielong Wang, Tao Luo, Tao Luo, Tao Luo, Shujiao He, Shujiao He, Shujiao He, Changjun Huang, Changjun Huang, Changjun Huang, Zehua Jia, Zehua Jia, Zehua Jia, Liqiang Zhan, Liqiang Zhan, Liqiang Zhan, Dongping Wang, Dongping Wang, Dongping Wang, Xiaofeng Zhu, Xiaofeng Zhu, Xiaofeng Zhu, Zhiyong Guo, Zhiyong Guo, Zhiyong Guo, Xiaoshun He, Xiaoshun He, Xiaoshun He   +32 more
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Organ donation in Korea in 2018 and an introduction of the Korea national organ donation system

Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2019
A total of 1,503 solid organs were procured from 449 deceased donors in 2018. Although the number of donors was down by 12.8% from the previous year (8.7 per million population), the number of organs procured per donor increased from 3.29 in 2017 to 3.35
Won-Hyun Cho
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Cultural attitudes towards death practices, the body after death and life after death in deceased organ donation - a UK Polish migrant perspective [PDF]

, 2016
Previous studies have found the perception of the body and death practices can have an influence on perceptions of deceased organ donation. This is the first study in the UK to investigate the views of the Polish migrants, a fast growing community ...
Randhawa, Gurch, Sharp, Chloe
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Adaptively Weighted Top-N Recommendation for Organ Matching [PDF]

, 2021
Reducing the shortage of organ donations to meet the demands of patients on the waiting list has being a major challenge in organ transplantation. Because of the shortage, organ matching decision is the most critical decision to assign the limited viable organs to the most suitable patients.
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Military Intervention, Regional Organizations, and Host-State Consent [PDF]

, 1996
Two ethical frameworks have dominated the discussion of organ donation for long: that of property rights and that of gift-giving. However, recent years have seen a drastic rise in the number of philosophical analyses of the meaning of giving and ...
Wippman, David
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Cost-effectiveness of Interventions to Increase Utilization of Kidneys From Deceased Donors With Primary Brain Malignancy in an Australian Setting

Transplantation Direct, 2023
Background. Kidneys from potential deceased donors with brain cancer are often foregone due to concerns of cancer transmission risk to recipients. There may be uncertainty around donors’ medical history and their absolute transmission risk or risk-averse
James A. Hedley, MBiostats, Patrick J. Kelly, PhD, Melanie Wyld, PhD, Karan Shah, MS, Rachael L. Morton, PhD, Juliet Byrnes, PhD, Brenda M. Rosales, PhD, Nicole L. De La Mata, PhD, Kate Wyburn, PhD, Angela C. Webster, PhD   +9 more
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Dysregulation of innate cell types in the hepatic immune microenvironment of alcoholic liver cirrhosis

Frontiers in Immunology, 2023
IntroductionThe risk of alcoholic cirrhosis increases in a dose- and time-dependent manner with alcohol consumption and ethanol metabolism in the liver. Currently, no effective antifibrotic therapies are available.
Ao Ren, Ao Ren, Ao Ren, Wenjing He, Wenjing He, Wenjing He, Jiawei Rao, Jiawei Rao, Jiawei Rao, Dongmei Ye, Dongmei Ye, Dongmei Ye, Pengrui Cheng, Pengrui Cheng, Pengrui Cheng, Qian Jian, Qian Jian, Qian Jian, Zongli Fu, Zongli Fu, Zongli Fu, Xuzhi Zhang, Xuzhi Zhang, Xuzhi Zhang, Ronghai Deng, Ronghai Deng, Ronghai Deng, Yifang Gao, Yifang Gao, Yifang Gao, Yi Ma, Yi Ma, Yi Ma   +32 more
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The Organ Donation Conundrum

Progress in Transplantation, 2012
A discrepancy exists between the demand for and the availability of solid organs for transplant. Barriers to organ donation can be encountered at 2 key points: (1) when trying to increase the number of people willing to become organ donors and registering their intent and (2) at the time of organ procurement.
Conor, Gilligan, Sanson-Fisher, Robert William, Turon, Heidi   +2 more
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Evaluating the efficacy of basiliximab versus no induction in low-immunological-risk kidney transplant recipients: a propensity score matched analysis

Renal Failure
Background The optimal use of induction therapy in low-immunological-risk kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) remains uncertain. While Basiliximab (BSX) is widely utilized, its comparative outcomes with no induction therapy require further evaluation ...
Dahao Zhang, Jiqiu Wen, Jianhui Dong, Rong Ma, Shijian Li, Jihua Wu, Ning Wen, Zhiying Lei, Haibin Li, Jun Yin, Xuyong Sun   +10 more
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