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Postmortem Organ Procurement for Transplantation [PDF]
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).
Van Thiel, DH, Starzl, TE, Denny, DW
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The optimal hormonal replacement modality selection for multiple organ procurement from brain-dead organ donors [PDF]
Zhibao Mi,1 Dimitri Novitzky,2 Joseph F Collins,1 David KC Cooper3 1Cooperative Studies Program Coordinating Center, VA Maryland Health Care Systems, Perry Point, MD, USA; 2Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;
Mi Z, Novitzky D, Collins JF, Cooper DKC
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Organ Procurement and Transplantation in Belgium [PDF]
SOLID ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION IN BELGIUM: HISTORY AND MILESTONESBelgium, a federal country of 11 million inhabitants (as of 2016), has been very active in the field of transplantation. Clinical transplantation activities were initiated in the early 1960s with the first, living and deceased, kidney ...
Detry, Olivier+6 more
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Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) has been reported as a meaningful prognostic factor in various diseases. Our study compared patients’ RDW levels and prognosis at admission and discharge time. A total of 128 patients 77 patients who suffered brain
Marzieh Latifi+4 more
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Participation of Healthy Volunteers in Clinical Trials - Motives, Barriers, and Ethical Issues
Recruitment of adequate number of healthy volunteers is vital for success of clinical trials but there is limited research on factors motivating the healthy volunteers to participate in clinical trials especially in developing countries.
Raja Sajjad Asghar+2 more
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Ovarian tissue transplantation ameliorates osteoporosis and dyslipidaemia in ovariectomised mice
Background Ovarian insufficiency frequently renders postmenopausal women susceptible to osteoporosis and dyslipidaemia. Postmenopausal transplant women are at a higher risk developing osteoporosis and dyslipidaemia due to the concomitant application of ...
Encheng Zhou+5 more
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Aim. The global shortage of deceased organ donors caused increasing interest to the transplant program based on the use of organs from the donors with sudden irreversible cardiac arrest, or asystolic donors (DCD).
A. E. Skvortsov+8 more
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Background Hepatic ischemia–reperfusion injury (IRI) in donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors is a major determinant of transplantation success. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress plays a key role in hepatic IRI, with potential involvement of the ...
Pengpeng Yue+9 more
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LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE
Aim. To assess the possibilities of the use of laparoscopic transabdominal nephrectomy (LNE) for surgical treatment and preparation of the patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) for kidney transplantation.
O. N. Reznik+6 more
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The “Act on hospice and palliative care and decisions on life-sustaining treatment for patients at the end of life” was enacted in February 2018 in Korea.
Hoonsung Park+4 more
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