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Care actions in obtaining tissues and organs during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods study [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2022
Objective: to map health care actions in the organ and tissue donation process in Brazilian regions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: a mixed methods study. Data collection was performed simultaneously through an online questionnaire with 72 nurses.
Neide da Silva Knihs, Sibele Maria Schuantes Paim, Aline Lima Pestana Magalhães, João Luis Erbs Pessoa, Laísa Fischer Wachholz, José Luís Guedes dos Santos, Elza Lima da Silva, Janine Schirmer   +7 more
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Reviving a national strategy roadmap for organ and tissue donation in South Africa

African Journal of Nephrology, 2023
In September 2019, a two-day workshop ahead of the Southern African Transplantation Society congress brought together South African champions for organ donation and leaders from the International Society of Organ Donation and Procurement (ISODP) at a ...
D. Thomson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Recommendations for SARS-CoV-2 testing and organ procurement from deceased donors in the Republic of Korea

Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2023
We present a summary of the evidence on testing for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) and organ procurement from deceased donors and provide recommendations based on current clinical data and the guidelines from major ...
Si-Ho Kim, Yu Mi Wi, Chisook Moon, Ji-Man Kang, Minhwa Kim, Jungok Kim, Jong Man Kim, Hyeri Seok, Hye Jin Shi, Su Jin Lee, Ji Yeon Lee, Su Jin Jeong, Pyoeng Gyun Choe, Kyungmin Huh, Sang-Oh Lee, Sang Il Kim, Transplant Infection Research Committee of the Korean Society of Infectious Diseases   +16 more
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A Survey of 1000 Respondents on the Polish Population’s Knowledge and Attitudes about Tissue/Organ Donation and Transplantation in Times of Allogeneic Tissue Shortage

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022
Tissue-engineered human allogeneic skin grafts retrieved from a deceased donor play an important role in the therapy of extensive and deeply burned patients.
Anna Hepa, W. Łabuś, Magdalena Szatan, Marcin Gierek, A. Kamiński, Karol Szyluk, P. Niemiec, J. Glik, D. Kitala   +8 more
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The effectiveness of current informative material in improving awareness and opinion of undergraduate students towards organ donation: a comparative, randomized survey study

Clinics, 2019
OBJECTIVES: Despite the contribution of awareness campaigns to the rise of organ donation rates in Brazil, younger folks are subject to few awareness actions.
Eduardo Riccetto, Ilka Santana de Fátima Ferreira Boin   +1 more
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Obtaining tissues and organs: empowering actions of nurses in the light of ecosystem thinking [PDF]

Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem, 2021
Objectives: to analyze, in the light of ecosystem thinking, the actions of nurses that stimulate the potential to increase the rates of organ and tissue donation.
Fernando Tolfo, Hedi Crecencia Heckler de Siqueira, Juliane Scarton, Marta Regina Cezar-Vaz, José Luís Guedes dos Santos, Sidiane Teixeira Rodrigues, Vanessa Soares Mendes Pedroso   +6 more
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Procurement of Deceased Donor Parathyroid Glands With the Aid of Near-infrared Autofluorescence Imaging

Transplantation Direct, 2022
Background. Parathyroid allotransplantation is a burgeoning treatment for severe hypoparathyroidism. Deceased donor parathyroid gland (PTG) procurement can be technically challenging due to lack of normal intraoperative landmarks and exposure constraints
Casey J. Ward, MD, Yvonne M. Kelly, MD, Shareef M. Syed, MBChB, MRCS, Raphael P.H. Meier, MD, PHD, Tadasuke Ando, MD, PhD, Steven A. Wisel, MD, James M. Gardner, MD, PhD, Peter G. Stock, MD, PhD, Quan-Yang Duh, MD   +8 more
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Assessment of tissue biochemical and optical scattering changes due to hypothermic organ preservation: a preliminary study in mouse organs

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2021
Clinical transplantation medicine currently faces a significant shortage of organ donors to supply the need of an increasingly aged population. Despite this, organs are still discarded due to graft stress induced by hypoxia or ischemia prior to ...
Marcelo Saito Nogueira, Michael Raju, K. Komolibus, K. Grygoryev, S. Andersson-Engels   +4 more
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Transplantation of the heart after circulatory death of the donor: time for a change in law? [PDF]

, 2015
Procurement of organs has always been conducted according to the dead donor rule, that is, after death of the donor — but this practice is being challenged. Introduction Australia has an increasing shortfall in transplantable hearts.
James Tibballs, Neera Bhatia
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Exploring the experiences and perspectives of emergency physicians on brain death organ tissue donation after the Life-Sustaining Treatment Decision Act

Korean Journal of Transplantation, 2022
Background : This study explored emergency physicians’ experiences and perspectives related to brain death organ tissue donation (OTD) after the enforcement of the Life-Sustaining Treatment (LST) Decision Act in Korea.
Song Yi Park, Hyun Kim, Kwi Hwa Park, Seung Min Park, Dong Eun Lee, Yong Hun Jung, Wonjoon Jeong, Kyung Hye Park   +7 more
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