【题目】Within 30 minutes of finding out a little boy named Bodie needed a kidney transplant (肾移植), Taylor Pikkarainen signed up to try and be his donor(捐献者).Bodie Hall from St. Michael, Minnesota, was born with a rare kidney disorder. Neither of his parents could donate their ...
Six-year-old Matthew Parker was in need of a kidney(肾)transplant, and his family looked all over the country for a suitable donor. Up to 80 people signed up to give up a living 1 for the first-grader. Coincidentally, the person 2 to donate a kidney to Matthew was his teacher,Linde...
Emara M, Ragheb A, Hassan A, Shoker A. Evidence for a need to mandate kidney transplant living donor registries. Clinical transplantation. 2008;22(5):525-31.Mahmoud Emara, Ahmed Ragheb, Abubaker Hassan, Ahmed Shoker. (2008) Evidence for a need to mandate kidney transplant living donor ...
"There's about 95,000 people on the transplant waiting list waiting for a kidney transplant," transplant surgeon Dr. Ahmed Fahmy said. Things were becoming dire for Coveney. But unbeknownst to him, Goodman was passing all the donor requirements. "An amazing thing to be able to do. My body...
Dawn McLaughlin was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease at age 16. Her father had the disease and also needed a kidney transplant. Her kidneys weigh 17 and 21 pounds. The average healthy kidney weighs about 5 ounces. "They're covered in cysts, so when a cyst ruptures it's like a ...
Parker was in need ofa kidney(肾) transplant, and his family looked all over the country for a suitable donor. Up to 80 people signed up to give up a living 1for the first-grader.Coincidentally, the person 2 to donate a kidney to Matthew was his teacher,Lindsey Painter.Matthew had ...
"For such a small and light donor, any mistake in the process can lead to failure of the transplant surgery," said Dr Zhang Ming, chief surgeon of the operation. "We spent four to five hours trimming the donated kidneys....
"If a specific patient has a willing and adequate donor that will donate a kidney designated for that specific patient, then a kidney transplant can be done fairly quickly if the patient and the donor are considered appropriate by the nephrologists and their team," Gura reveals. ...
Whilekidney transplantationis the best treatment for patients withkidney failure, the waiting list for a deceased donor kidney transplant continues to increase. In this era of extreme donor shortage, clinicians led by Jimena Blandon, MD (Cleveland Clinic Florida) present their experience with transpla...
Two years ago, she was sitting in her office checking her Facebook feed, when a post from one of her constituents popped up saying he needed a kidney. "At that moment, Carlos was at Mayo, testing to get on thetransplant list," said Capone, 36. "He really didn't tell anyone he was...