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In the span of 36 hours, six patients in New Jersey and New York received kidney transplants in March from six living donors -- all previously strangers -- now connected in a rare six-way "Chain of Life." Kidney chains are a recent phenomenon designed to overcome a long-standing problem...
Organs donated are in short supply and patients awaiting transplantation have to remain on hemodialysis, an expensive and invasive procedure with unpleasant physiological, psychological, social and sometimes life threatening side effects. \\ud\\ud3. The Dutch have developed a manual to act as a ...
Transplant Connect's electronic medical record software, known as iTransplant, is used by Lifebanc and most other OPOs inthe United States. It facilitates nearly 75% of U.S. organ transplants from deceased donation. Its automated donor referral interface, known as iReferr...
Wouldn't it be wonderful if our hearing got better instead of worse as we went through life? Unfortunately, we live in a noisy world and our hearing just gets worse. Loud sharp noises like rock concerts, fire crackers, guns, chainsaws all destroy hair cells which produce hearing (How Lou...
lead a research team within a company that values the diverse perspectives and contributions that all of these stakeholders bring—each has a valuable role to play in the advancement and personalization of pet health solutions that can improve the quality of pets’ lives and increase their life...
end-of-life careorgan donationDonation after circulatory death has been responsible for 75% of the increase in the numbers of deceased organ donors in the United Kingdom. There has been concern that the success of the donation after circulatory death program has been at the expense of donation...
Wouldn't it be wonderful if our hearing got better instead of worse as we went through life? Unfortunately, we live in a noisy world and our hearing just gets worse. Loud sharp noises like rock concerts, fire crackers, guns, chainsaws all destroy hair cells which produce hearing (How Lou...
Imminent Death Donation (IDD) is described as living organ donation prior to a planned withdrawal of life﹕ustaining care in an imminently dying patient. Although IDD was ethically justified by UNOS, the concept remains controversial due to presumed lack of public support. The aim of this study...
Revised critical care ongoing nursing education and orientation which now includes palliative care lectures, withdrawal of life support procedure training, organ donation and therapeutic communication were instituted. System wide addoi:urn:issn:1096-6218Bourgeois DA...