Australian perioperative nurses’ attitudes, levels of knowledge, education and support needs related to organ donation and procurement surgery: A national survey [PDF]
Journal of Perioperative Nursing, 2019 Objectives: The aim of this study was to examine Australian perioperative nurses’ self-reported knowledge, attitudes, levels of education and support in relation to their participation in organ donation and procurement surgery.
Zaneta Smith +3 more
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Microbial contamination and tissue procurement location: A conventional operating room is not mandatory. An observational study [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Background Standard operating rooms (SOR) are assumed to be the best place to prevent microbial contamination when performing tissue procurement. However, mobilizing an operating room is time and cost consuming if no organ retrieval is performed. In such
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A Novel Approach to High-Quality Postmortem Tissue Procurement: The GTEx Project
Biopreservation and Biobanking, 2015 The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project, sponsored by the NIH Common Fund, was established to study the correlation between human genetic variation and tissue-specific gene expression in non-diseased individuals.
Latarsha J. Carithers +26 more
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Usefulness of Thiel-Embalmed Cadavers for Training in Organ Procurement.
Transplantation Proceedings, 2022 BACKGROUND The number of brain-dead donors has been increasing; however, the opportunity for young surgeons to experience deceased donor surgeries is extremely limited, especially in many Asian countries including Japan.
Hiroaki Mitsugashira +10 more
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2023 Face transplantation became a reality with the first case performed in 2005. Facial tissue allograft procurement is technically complex and time-intensive. Brain-dead deceased donors are frequently, if not always, multiorgan donors.
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Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2021 Introduction and Purpose: Organ donation is controversial. Chilean legislation failed to increase donors. However, it seems that there is an enthusiasm to be an organ donor, so education is important. Therefore, medical students play an important role in
Esteban Muñoz-Niklitschek +3 more
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Cost Structures of US Organ Procurement Organizations
Transplantation, 2021 Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. 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
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Disposal of donor livers in Brazil: how to optimize their utilization rate in transplants?
Einstein (São Paulo), 2021 Objective: To understand the professionals´ perception of the use of deceased donor liver for transplantation, the reasons to decline them, and propose strategies to increase their use safely.
Júlia Porto de Oliveira Drezza +7 more
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Innovative Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Modalities to Address Major Depression and Treatment-Resistant Depression: A Review [PDF]
Cell JournalDepression is among the most widespread mental health conditions worldwide, with a significant number of patientsshowing inadequate responses to pharmacological treatments.
Batoul Mirbolouk +6 more
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Application of theory of planned behavior on organ donation behavior: A systematic review
Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation, 2021 Organ donation saves lives and improves the quality of life. There is a shortage of organ donors worldwide. Behavior theories, such as the theory of planned behavior (TPB), help identify the antecedents of organ donation behavior and design effective ...
Marzieh Latifi +3 more
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