The Kidney Exchange Problem: How Hard Is It to Find a Donor?[J]. Annals of Operations Research, 2012, 193(1): 255-271.The Kidney Exchange Problem: How Hard Is It to Find a Donor - Cechlarova, Lacko - 2006Katarína Cechlárová,Vladimír Lacko.The kidney exchange problem: How hard is...
Then Sumiel said that he was searching for a kidney donor. Letts joked, “I’d be a good donor candidate if I don’t drink or smoke.”Sumiel agreed, though he didn’t think much of it as they kept driving. Letts, however, couldn’t stop thinking about it. Letts believes in hel...
This book was written for kidney disease patients hoping to find a living kidney donor for their much-needed kidney transplant. If you're a transplant hopeful looking for tools to help you share their story and educate others about your need - look no fu
BACKGROUND: Currently, many transplantation centers do not follow former living kidney donors on a long-term basis. Several potential barriers have been identified to provide this follow-up of former living kidney donors, including concerns that donor insurance will not reimburse transplantation centers...
How accurate is a breathalyzer? Modern breathalyzers are fairly accurate, but they're not perfect. They do have a margin of error, as any device can, and can be off as much as .01 percent. What do breathalyzer numbers mean? The numbers are the measure of your blood alcohol concentration...
Noticeable changes in how much urine is being passed (for example, lots at night) Blood in the urine Causes of Kidney Disease Many different factors can cause problems with the kidneys. National Institutes of Health: The most common causes of kidney disease are conditions that put the kidneys ...
While Ronald was eager to donate, he had concerns. Would having an organ removed ruin his good health? What would life be like with only one kidney? And the doctors had to grapple with their own medical and ethical dilemmas. Could they perform an operation on a person (the donor) that,...
But the short version is this. Right now, opting in to donate a kidney has some fear associated with it because you have to acknowledge you’re going to die, and you have to think about how your family is going to engage with that. If we just added one shift to the rule se...
While Ronald was eager to donate, he had concerns. Would having an organ removed ruin his good health? What would life be like with only one kidney? And the doctors had to grapple with their own medical and ethical dilemmas. Could they perform an operation on a person (the donor) that,...
At 18, Katie Stubblefield lost her face. At 21, she became the youngest person in the U.S. to undergo the still experimental surgery. Follow her incredible story.