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A socio-legal study on organ shortage in Malaysia

open access: yes, 2012
Human organs are the most valuable gifts of life. Until today, through organ transplantation, thousands of lives have been saved and many more blessed with hope and happiness through a better quality of living.
Salwani, Farah
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Human Organ Transplantation: Background and Consequences

open access: yes, 1992
The story of the renal transplant program of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital (now the Brigham and Women's Hospital) in Boston weaves together three distinct threads: the study of renal disease, the phenomenon of skin grafting in twins, and the ...
Murray, Joseph E.
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Clinical Significance of Therapeutic Drug Level Monitoring for Mycophenolate in Patients With Extrarenal Systemic Lupus Erythematosus—A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Clinical response to mycophenolic acid (MPA) is highly heterogeneous; thus, therapeutic drug level monitoring (TDM) may help improve treatment efficacy. This systematic review and meta‐analysis examined therapeutic ranges for MPA levels associated with better outcomes and safety in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE ...
Zahraa Qamhieh   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Attenuation of Pulmonary Fibrosis by the MyD88 Inhibitor TJ-M2010-5 Through Autophagy Induction in Mice

open access: yesBiomedicines
Background and Objectives: Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a fatal interstitial lung disease with few effective treatments. In its pathogenesis, damage-associated molecular patterns are released and recognized by Toll-like receptors (TLRs); all ...
Yang Yang   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Clinical, Histologic, and Serological Predictors of Renal Function Loss in Lupus Nephritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Kidney survival is the ultimate goal in lupus nephritis (LN) management, but long‐term predictors remain inadequately studied, requiring long‐term follow‐up. This study aimed to identify baseline and early longitudinal predictors of kidney survival in the Accelerating Medicines Partnership LN longitudinal cohort.
Shangzhu Zhang   +21 more
wiley   +1 more source

Outcomes of patients on chronic kidney replacement therapy admitted to intensive care unit

open access: yesBMC Nephrology
Background Patients receiving chronic kidney replacement therapy (cKRT) are at high risk of admission to the intensive care unit (ICU), where their management remains challenging.
Sofiane Salhi   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transplantation of contaminated organs

open access: yesJournal of British Surgery, 1980
Summary In cadaveric organ transplantation there is a risk of transfer of infectious agents from donor to recipient. The consequences can be fatal for immuosuppressed recipients. This is illustrated by a case history in which an infection with the fungus Monosporium apiospermum was transferred from a donor to two cadaveric
J A, van der Vliet   +9 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Artificial Intelligence–Based Online Symptom Assessment Tools for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Diagnosis: Patient Perspectives

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective The objective of this article is to identify perceptions of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) regarding artificial intelligence (AI)–based online symptom assessment tools, and the potential of these tools to address diagnostic barriers.
Olivia A. Stein   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigation of Risk Factors and Development of Clinical Prediction Model for Nocardiosis in Lung Transplant Recipients

open access: yesInfection and Drug Resistance
Hengyu Zhao,1,* Zhibin Xu,1,* Xiaohua Wang,1,* Yu Xu,1 Yi Lu,1 Jiaqi Chen,1 Qiaoyu Ye,1 Xuan Li,1 Yanhua Wen,2 Chunrong Ju1 1State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease ...
Zhao H   +9 more
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Outcomes of Full-Right-Full-Left Split Liver Transplantation in Adults in the USA: A Propensity-Score Matched Analysis

open access: yes, 2017
Background: Splitting a liver for utilization in adult/pediatric recipients has been shown to decrease mortality on the wait list without increasing the overall risk of long-term graft failure compared to a whole graft.
Flahive, J. M.   +4 more
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