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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"liver transplant"”.
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Body Composition Assessment After Pediatric Liver Transplant
Background and Objectives Children with chronic liver disease experience altered growth and development due to the disruption of metabolic function. Pediatric liver transplantation generally restores metabolic function and results in growth recovery; yet, some children who have undergone liver …
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Liver Transplant Education and Training for Medical Surgical ICU Nurses
… need for appropriate education and training for liver transplant as a new patient population for Medical Surgical ICU nurses. The transplant experience for these nurses currently include critically ill Bone Marrow Transplant, as well as stable heart and lunch transplant. The methods used to …
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Association Between Stress Mindset, Psychological Symptoms, and Psychosocial Risk in Liver Transplant Patients
… functioning is a central component of liver transplant evaluation, yet less is known about how cognitive factors, such as stress mindset, relate to transplant readiness. The present study examined the association between stress mindset and psychosocial risk, as well as its relationship …
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The personal experiences of liver transplant and the interactive processes of self-redefinition
… conducted to discover the lived experiences of liver transplant recipients as they understand the emotional processes of self-redefinition and coping. Twelve liver transplant recipients and their emotional associates were interviewed over a two-year period using scheduled, unstructured …
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Diet after Liver Transplant: Dietary Patterns, Potential Determinants, and Interventions to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk
Background Liver transplantation is a treatment for end-stage liver disease with a 64% 10-year survival rate. Patients initially follow a high-protein, energy-dense diet to support recovery, with later recommendations for a healthy diet and physical activity. The ability of recipients to adopt …
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Post transplant lymphoproliferative disoders in liver transplant recipients : cases at Red Cross Children's Hospital Cape Town
… children (age range 6 months-13 years) underwent liver transplantation at Red Cross Children's Hospital. In 46% of these cases, viral infections resulted in considerable morbidity and mortality. Included in this group were: de novo hepatitis B (5 patients, 2 deaths), EBV-related …
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Is the Probability of Survival for A Liver Transplant Dependent on the Patient's Choice of Hospital?
People who need a liver transplant must choose a hospital at which the transplant will be performed. The United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) allocates organs to patients based on patient characteristics and assumes all hospitals have equal skill. The question for a patient thus becomes, which …
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OXYGEN DELIVERY AND CONSUMPTION DURING HYPOTHERMIC OXYGENATED MACHINE PERFUSION AND THEIR IMPACT ON POST-LIVER TRANSPLANT OUTCOME.
Introduzione Sebbene sia comunemente raccomandato mantenere una pO2 >600 mmHg (80 kPa) per garantire un’adeguata ossigenazione durante la perfusione ipotermica epatica ossigenata con macchina (HOPE), studi recenti hanno evidenziato come l’aumento della produzione di anidride carbonica (CO2) sia …
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With great power comes great responsibility : exploring identified factors that influence non-compliance behaviour in the South African liver transplant population
… medicine regimen is a significant problem in transplant patients across the world, and we suspect also in South Africa. Despite the magnitude of the problem and the potentially life-threatening consequences of non-compliance, no research has focused on the South African liver transplant …
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Reducing Structural Barriers In The Pediatric Transplant Selection Process: Assessing And Intervening Using A Standardized Psychosocial Assessment Tool
… marginalized patients, and pediatric liver transplant candidates are susceptible to the effects of bias. Existing liver transplant selection processes for pediatric candidates do not include a standardized psychosocial assessment tool which might limit the chances of implicit bias …
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Análisis obsevacional para evaluar la eficacia y seguridad de los mTORi en la esfera oncológica en el paciente trasplantado hepático
Background: the liver transplant patient has an extraordinary connection with the oncological sphere. On the one hand, an increasingly frequent investigation of liver transplantation is the presence of a hepatocellular carcinoma, and, on the other hand, the appearance of "de novo neoplasms" favored …
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Model-based cardiac CT segmentation and 3D heart reconstruction
Liver cancer is a serious disease in human beings. An effective way to cure liver cancer is the liver transplant operation. However, to make the surgical plan, the doctors need to know the structure, location and thickness of the hepatic vein. Therefore, hepatic vein segmentation is an initial and …
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Building blocks for regenerative medicine : vascularized models and immunomodulation to engineer hepatic cell therapies
… significant advances in our knowledge about liver pathology and regeneration, non-palliative regimens for most end-stage liver disorders are limited. The only definitive treatment for end-stage liver failure is an orthotopic liver transplant. Unlike other major causes of mortality, death …
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Using Telemedicine To Optimize The Delivery Of Care In Patients With Liver Disease
<p>Chronic Liver Disease (CLD) is one of the top causes of morbidity and mortality globally. Among the spectrum of liver diseases, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is the most common cause of cirrhosis and one of the top reasons for a liver transplant. Patients with NASH end up with hepatic …
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Liver transplantation for transthyretin amyloidosis: experience of a single center in Italy
Liver transplantation is the only definitive treatment for transthyretin amyloidosis, with an excellent 5-year survival in endemic countries where the Met30 mutation is predominant. We report our experience of liver transplantation for transthyretin amyloidosis. We reviewed the clinical records of …
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Robust and scalable unsupervised learning via landmark diffusion, from theory to medical application
… blood pressure waveform dynamics during a liver transplant operation lasting for 12 hours long. In addition, we show that Roseland is not only numerically scalable, but also preserves the geometric properties via its diffusion nature under the manifold setup; that is, we theoretically …
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Potential commercialization of a collagen-GAG scaffold for liver regeneration
… glycosaminoglycan to help regenerate cirrhotic liver was analyzed and a business plan and model were created. Using a lypholization technique, a bulk-sized and highly porous scaffold is created. It is then inserted into the hole created by the excised liver scar tissue. By blocking contraction …
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Comparative analysis and predictors of biopsychosocial functioning in various health conditions: multiple sclerosis and organ transplantation
… diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) and of transplant recipients (hepatic and renal). The level of analysis of this group of pieces of research will range from a general level (all quality-of-life dimensions) in the first two papers, to specific domains of the biopsychosocial functioning …
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Describing The Nutritional Outcomes Following Paediatric Liver Transplantation At A Tertiary Hospital In South Africa
Background: Nutrition in chronic liver disease is an important marker of post- liver transplant outcomes in children and is monitored judiciously pre-transplantation. There is a paucity of data on post-transplant nutritional outcomes, particularly in the developing world setting. Aim: To describe …
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