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Organ procurement for pulmonary transplantation [PDF]

open access: possibleThe Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1989
Selection of suitable donors is critical to the success of clinical pulmonary transplantation. Requirements for lung donors, management before explantation, and methods of preservation were reviewed for the 70 heart-lung, eight double-lung, and two single-lung transplantations performed at the University of Pittsburgh since 1982. Careful observation of
J. Stephen Dummer   +6 more
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Organ procurement and transportation

1984
As transplantation of various organs has become successful for the treatment of a variety of clinical organ failures, the need for cadaver organs has increased dramatically. In the past, the attention of the surgeons was focused most often on the kidneys and little regard was given to the other vital organs.
K. M. Sigardson, F. K. Merkel
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Multiple organ procurement

1997
The sometimes strange behaviour of individual surgeons and the uncoordinated and delayed arrival of procurement teams have created a need for a rapid, effective technique that reduces potential errors during organ procurement and which might allow the removal of organs from unstable donors. The aim is for a single surgeon to take charge of the donation
J. M. Dubernard   +4 more
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Organ Procurement and the Donor Family

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America, 2000
The need for transplantable cadaveric organs for outweighs the supply. Improvements in the relatively new field of transplantation have dramatically improved success rates. Legislation at the state and federal levels has removed many legal roadblocks to donation.
Michael W. Rosson   +2 more
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Cost Structures of US Organ Procurement Organizations

Transplantation, 2021
Background. The goal is to provide a national analysis of organ procurement organization (OPO) costs. Methods. Five years of data, for 51 of the 58 OPOs (2013–2017, a near census) were obtained under a FOIA. OPOs are not-for-profit federal contractors with a geographic monopoly.
Frank McCormick   +6 more
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The business of organ procurement

Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, 2002
Organ procurement is the lifeblood of transplantation, yet little has been written on how organ procurement organizations operate. Significant societal, medical, ethical, regulatory, and performance improvement forces have prompted organ procurement organizations to evolve from departments of ...
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Taylor on posthumous organ procurement

Journal of Medical Ethics, 2013
In defending what he calls ‘full-blooded Epicureanism’, James Stacey Taylor argues that the dead cannot be harmed or wronged.1 This has implications for a range of bioethical issues pertaining to death, including posthumous organ procurement. Taylor claims that respecting the autonomy of persons requires that their desires regarding the treatment of ...
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Technical Complications in Organ Procurement

Transplantation Proceedings, 2007
It is of crucial importance that harvested organs are not discarded because of lesions inflicted during the procurement operation. From January 2005 to January 2006, a total of 395 organs were procured: 266 kidneys, 102 livers, and 27 pancreas. Two kidneys were lost due to vascular lesions, and 1 liver could not be transplanted because of a severe ...
E. Domínguez Fernández   +3 more
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Cadaver organ procurement in Kuwait

Transplantation Proceedings, 1999
KUWAIT has a population of two million people. Between 200 and 250 new cases of renal failure are reported every year. About 100 of these are suitable for renal transplantation, but only around 40 have suitably related donors. Local brain-dead cadavers are potentially a good source of organs, particularly with the high incidence of deaths due to car ...
M.A Razzak   +4 more
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Donor Management and Organ Procurement

2022
Description of current techniques for donor management and organ procurement in heart ...
Bernabei Annalisa   +3 more
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