Organ procurement in a deceased donor [PDF]
Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2020 With the increasing demand for organ transplantation, organ procurement from a deceased donor is an essential step for deceased donor organ transplantation.
Hong Pil Hwang +9 more
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Execution by organ procurement: Breaching the dead donor rule in China. [PDF]
Am J Transplant, 2022 The dead donor rule is fundamental to transplant ethics. The rule states that organ procurement must not commence until the donor is both dead and formally pronounced so, and by the same token, that procurement of organs must not cause the death of the ...
Robertson MP, Lavee J.
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Deceased donor kidneys allocated out of sequence by organ procurement organizations. [PDF]
Am J Transplant, 2022 Deceased donor kidney allocation follows a ranked match‐run of potential recipients. Organ procurement organizations (OPOs) are permitted to deviate from the mandated match‐run in exceptional circumstances.
King KL +5 more
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The New Distance-Based Kidney Allocation System: Implications for Patients, Transplant Centers, and Organ Procurement Organizations. [PDF]
Curr Transplant Rep, 2022 The goal of deceased donor kidney allocation policy is to provide objective prioritization for donated kidneys, and policy has undergone a series of revisions in the past decade in attempt to achieve equity and utility in access to kidney transplantation.
Cron DC, Husain SA, Adler JT.
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Preserved 2-y Liver Transplant Outcomes Following Simultaneous Thoracoabdominal DCD Organ Procurement Despite Effects on Liver Utilization Rate [PDF]
Transplantation Direct, 2023 Background. Current techniques for donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD) heart procurement, through either direct procurement and machine perfusion or thoracoabdominal normothermic regional perfusion (NRP), have demonstrated excellent ...
Steven A. Wisel, MD +9 more
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Barriers experienced by organ procurement organizations in implementing the HOPE act and HIV-positive organ donation. [PDF]
AIDS Care, 2022 In the seven years since the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act made HIV-positive organ donation to HIV-positive recipients legally permissible in the United States, there have been fewer HIV-positive organ donations than expected.
Predmore Z +7 more
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Reimagining the United States organ procurement and transplant network [PDF]
Frontiers in Transplantation, 2023 The United States system of solid organ transplantation is overseen by the Organ Procurement Transplantation Network (OPTN). Recent announcements from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) indicate their clear intention to reform the ...
Eric Perakslis +3 more
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Postmortem organ procurement for transplantation. [PDF]
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1983 Excerpt The 1-year survival rate of recipients of heart and liver transplants now exceeds that for recipients of postmortem donor kidney transplants according to recent reports (1-5).
Denny, DW, Starzl, TE, Van Thiel, DH
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Recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 testing and organ procurement from deceased donors in the Republic of Korea [PDF]
Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2023 We present a summary of the evidence on testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and organ procurement from deceased donors and provide recommendations based on current clinical data and the guidelines from major ...
Si-Ho Kim +16 more
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Organ procurement organizations Internet enrollment for organ donation: Abandoning informed consent [PDF]
BMC Medical Ethics, 2006 Background Requirements for organ donation after cardiac or imminent death have been introduced to address the transplantable organs shortage in the United States.
Verheijde Joseph L +3 more
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