What is the true cost of DCD liver transplant from a value-based perspective?doi:10.1097/LVT.0000000000000382Taner, C. BurcinCroome, Kris P.Lippincott Williams & WilkinsLiver Transplantation
Abstract:Advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a significant cause of morbidity. Treatment options beyond conventional medical therapies are limited to a minority of patients. Lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) although effective in selected subgroups of patients is not commonly under...
Protocols in the Donor Transplant OR When setting up a donor transplant OR, the OR manager should consider the following: Donation after Cardiac Death Most instances of organ donation occur in a scenario in which the donor has been declared brain dead but the heart is still beating. Thus, sur...
Interestingly, recipients of kidneys that were delayed >48 hours on a pump had better GFR, patient survival and kidney graft survival than those delayed <48 hours. The demonstration that kidney transplant can be delayed until recipient stability or survival is established is attractive and could ...
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the (introduction) to the special report explains. "Patients determined to be dead by neurologic criteria and who have consented to organ donation . . . are the ideal source of such organs, since death is declared while the organs are being kept alive by a ventilator and a beating heart."...
CTDN transplant coordinator seriously injured in early morning plan crash which kills pilot Because of the size of the population-2 million-patients in Nevada needing an extra renal transplant like a liver or heart, are usually transplanted either in Reno, which is served by the California Transp...
Transplant InternationalNoterdaeme T, Detry O, Hans MF, et al. What is the potential increase in the heart graft pool by cardiac donation after circulatory death? Transpl Int 2013;26:61-6.Noterdaeme T, Detry O, Hans MF, et al. What is the potential increase in the heart graft pool ...
It could be estimated that 11% of the DCD might be heart donors, representing a 15% increase in heart transplant activity, as well as potential reduction in the deaths on the waiting list by 40%.doi:10.1111/j.1432-2277.2012.01575.x...