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Attitudes, awareness, and knowledge levels of the Turkish adult population toward organ donation: Study of a nationwide survey.

World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2020
BACKGROUND The most important factors affecting attitudes on organ donation are socioeconomic, educational, cultural, and religious factors in many countries.
S. Akbulut, A. Ozer, A. Gokce, Khaled Demyati, H. Saritas, S. Yılmaz   +5 more
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan [PDF]

, 2009
Background: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding organ donation in a selected adult population in Pakistan. Methods: Convenience sampling was used to generate a sample of 440, 408 interviews were successfully completed and used ...
Ahmad, Muhammad Imran, Habib, Nida, Hussain, Syedda Saadia, Iftikhar, Mian Omer, Ishaque, Sidra, Jawed, Areeba, Jehan, Imtiaz, Khan, Aamir Ali, Mughal, Hamza Pervez, Saleem, Taimur   +9 more
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Assessment of National Organ Donation Rates and Organ Procurement Organization Metrics.

JAMA Surgery, 2020
Importance Organ transplant is a life-saving procedure for patients with end-stage organ failure. In the US, organ procurement organizations (OPOs) are responsible for the evaluation and procurement of organs from donors who have died; however, there is ...
Luke DeRoos, Yuhang Zhou, Wesley J. Marrero, E. Tapper, C. Sonnenday, Mariel S. Lavieri, D. Hutton, N. Parikh   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Procuring organs for transplantation : a European perspective [PDF]

, 1998
Background: The shortage of organs for transplant In Europe has been considerable for many years. A number of different policies have been implemented in an attempt to address this problem.
Randhawa, Gurch
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Blockchain-based Management for Organ Donation and Transplantation

IEEE Access
Today’s organ donation and transplantation systems pose different requirements and challenges in terms of registration, donor-recipient matching, organ removal, organ delivery, and transplantation with legal, clinical, ethical, and technical constraints.
Diana Hawashin, R. Jayaraman, K. Salah, Ibrar Yaqoob, M. Simsekler, S. Ellahham   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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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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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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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Does the Presence of a Measurable Blood Alcohol Level in a Potential Organ Donor Affect the Outcome of Liver Transplantation? [PDF]

, 1991
The widespread application of hepatic transplantation has created a tremendous demand for donor organs. An assessment of donor parameters is thought to be important in selecting good donors; however, the criteria utilized have not been standardized. This
Ascher NL, Blendis LM, Demetris AJ, Kakizoe S, Maddrey WC, Makowka L, Mimeault R, Mora NP, Schenker S, Starzl TE   +9 more
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If We Pay Football Players, Why Not Kidney Donors [PDF]

, 2018
Ethicists who oppose compensating kidney donors claim they do so because kidney donation is risky for the donor’s health, donors may not appreciate the risks and may be cognitively biased in other ways, and donors may come from disadvantaged groups and ...
Cook, Philip J., Krawiec, Kimberly D.
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