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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on liver transplant waitlist outcome in France

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the outcome of patients on the liver transplantation (LT) waitlist in 2020 in France, in particular, the incidence of deaths and delisting for worsening condition ...
Camille Legeai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Heparin Therapy in Deceased Donors on Early Graft Survival for Kidney and Liver Recipients: A Clinical Trial Study

open access: yesFrontiers in Bioscience-Scholar, 2023
Background: Significant hemodynamic, hormonal, and metabolic impairment of a brain-dead organ donor is often associated with the deterioration of graft viability. This study aimed to compare the effect of heparin therapy as a therapeutic dose after brain
Marzieh Latifi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The organ procurement costs of expanding deceased donor organ acceptance criteria: Evidence from a cost function model

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Transplantation, 2021
A potential solution to the deceased donor organ shortage is to expand donor acceptability criteria. The procurement cost implications of using nonstandard donors is unknown.
X. Cheng   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network

open access: yesDefinitions, 2020
Description: The only national patient waiting list and an online database system, called UNet, that links all of the professionals involved in the donation and transplantation system for the collection, storage, analysis, and publication of all OPTN ...

semanticscholar   +1 more source

Association between red blood cell distribution width and the prognosis of brain death in patients with a Glasgow Coma Scale < 6

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Participation of Healthy Volunteers in Clinical Trials - Motives, Barriers, and Ethical Issues

open access: yesBioMedica, 2023
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
doaj   +1 more source

Organ Procurement and Transplantation in Belgium [PDF]

open access: yesTransplantation, 2017
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
openaire   +4 more sources

Ovarian tissue transplantation ameliorates osteoporosis and dyslipidaemia in ovariectomised mice

open access: yesJournal of Ovarian Research, 2022
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
doaj   +1 more source

Addressing organ shortage: an automatic organ procurement model as a proposal [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Organ shortage constitutes an unsolved problem for every country that offers transplantation as a therapeutic option. Besides the largely implemented donation model and the eventually implemented market model, a theorized automatic organ procurement ...
Miguel Beriaín, Iñigo de   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Navigating the COVID-19 pandemic: Initial impacts and responses of the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network in the United States

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Transplantation, 2020
COVID‐19 has been sweeping the globe, hitting the United States particularly hard with a state of emergency declared on March 13, 2020. Transplant hospitals have taken various precautions to protect patients from potential exposure. OPTN donor, candidate,
R. Goff   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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