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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"organ donors"”.
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Perceptions of Family Members of Cadaveric Organ Donors Towards Selected Issues of the Organ Donation Process
<p>Families of organ donors have faced a deeply emotional experience. These individuals have not only experienced the loss of a family member, they have also consented to donate their family member's organs. The purpose of this study was to determine from a donor family perspective how the organ …
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Changes in Water-Electrolyte Balance in Organ Donors with Brain Death and Their Correction in the Intensive Care Unit // Промени във водно-електролитното равновесие при органен донор с мозъчна смърт и корекцията им в интензивната клиника
… in the rest of the body. In approximately 80% of organ donors with brain death, damage to the posterior lobe of the pituitary gland is observed, leading to the development of diabetes insipidus with changes in water-electrolyte balance, hypovolemia, and circulatory instability. The lack of or …
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Understanding adolescent organ and tissue donation decision-making using a qualitative descriptive design: A-DONOR study
The critical shortage of organ donors is a national health crisis. In the US, there is a discrepancy between favorable attitudes toward organ donation registration and willingness to donate organs. Though educational interventions increase knowledge and positive attitudes toward donation, this …
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Altruism, Autonomy, and Human Dignity for the Sustainability of Post-Mortal Organ Donation
<p>In most countries, the shortage for transplant organ sources has become common due to the significant increase in number of awaiting organ recipients, which, in turn, urges countries develop systemic programs in order to increase the number of organ donors and resolve their problems. Generally, …
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The physiological changes of circulatory death with respect to organ donation
Donation of organs after circulatory death (DCD) is re-emerging as an important source of organs for transplantation worldwide, and in the United Kingdom DCD donors comprise 39% of all deceased organ donors. However, organs from DCD organ donors work less well after transplantation than those from …
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The failure of altruism: Alternatives to improve the donor rate in organ transplantation
Ethical and moral issues facing potential organ donors, their families or agents, and the medical community are created and driven by the rapidly expanding demand for the life-giving resource (ever more successfully utilized)--a factor coupled with the persistently scarce and relatively constant …
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Organ Donation in the United States
Introduction: The demand for donor organs far exceeds the number of donors. Approximately 18 people in the United States die every day waiting for an organ transplant. The purpose of this capstone is to describe the demographic characteristics of organ donors, recipients and waitlist populations in …
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Depictions of Donation: A Thematic Analysis of Organ Donation Storylines in Television Medical Dramas
… national shortage in the number of registered organ donors, this study employed a qualitative thematic analysis of thirteen episodes from popular medical dramas that aired between 2016-2020. The aim of this study was to allow for a better understanding of how the media utilizes entertainment …
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Quality Management: A Global Case Study in Organ Transplantation
… US and European countries face an epidemic of organ failure from a multitude of reasons: cancer, genetic predisposition, exposure to harmful chemicals in home or surrounding areas or through drinking, drugs and smoking. Another problem faced, is the ratio of organ donors to organ recipients. …
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The Complexity of Organ Donation: A Review of the Literature
… or impeding people’s desires to register as organ donors. Through an examination of existing literature on the subject it examines issues of altruism, religious beliefs, and trust in the systems responsible for organ donation and transplantation. The thesis also considers the different …
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The role of early management and hormone replacement therapy in potential heart and lung donors
… frustrated by the lack of availability of donor organs. The haemodynamic, hormonal and inflammatory changes that follow brain stem death leads to donor organ injury. Appropriate donor management is essential to avoid further damage to already injured donor heart and lungs. Hormone replacement …
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Impact of A Primary Care-Based Organ Donation Practice Initiative On Individual Willingness to Donate
<p>Each day eighteen Americans die waiting for organ donations and 4,100 more are added to the transplant waiting list each month (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2010a&c). The number of Americans in need of organ donations is rising rapidly but the supply of donated organs is not …
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Ethical issues relating to the 'donation' of human and animal organs for transplantation
… proposed ways of increasing the supply of organs for transplantation purposes. It starts from a consideration of two sorts of donors which are already in use: humans declared dead according to brain-based criteria and nonhuman animals. In the first chapter I attempt to provide a theoretical …
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Targeted Epigenetic Editing to Increase Adult Pancreatic Β-Cell Proliferation
… However, there are an insufficient number of organ donors to meet the demand of this disease, which is increasing in prevalence. One strategy to increase the supply of human β-cells for transplantation in type 1 diabetics, or to increase residual β-cell mass in type 2 diabetics, is to induce …
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Imaging innate immune cell behaviour in lymphoid organs
… for antigen presentation. Secondary lymphoid organs, including lymph nodes (LNs) and Peyer’s patches, are ideal sites for innate-adaptive cellular interactions. Whilst neutrophils migrate to LNs following inflammation, whether this occurs in homeostasis is unclear. I demonstrated the presence …
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Knowledge and attitudes of undergraduate nurses towards organ donation and transplantation in a selected campus of a college in the Eastern Cape
South Africa has a low organ donation and transplantation rate despite the availability of medical professionals with the expertise to perform such transplants. This can be attributed to various factors, such as knowledge and attitudes towards organ donation and transplantation. Despite the efforts …
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Why, how and when do children die in a Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in South Africa?
… therapy. Only 1.5% (n=7) of children became organ donors and postmortems were done in 47.2% (n=213) of the patients. Conclusions: Most PICU deaths occurred after a decision to limit or withdraw life-sustaining therapy. Severe sepsis was the most common condition associated with death. …
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Stem cell-based regenerative pharmacology for the treatment of diabetes mellitus
… for preventing disease and facilitating organ replacement or repair. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a group of chronic metabolic disorders characterized by high blood glucose levels. Type 1 DM (T1DM) is a lack of insulin production caused by autoimmune destruction of the beta-cells, while Type …
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Maternal Immunomodulation of Neonatal Alloantigen Response
… or the selection of genetically matched donors. However, the clinical success has correlated with the age of the recipient at the time of receiving a transplant. Patients receiving an allograft within the first few weeks of life are unique in that they seem to accept the alloantigens of …
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3D Bioprinting of Advanced Bioinks for Tissue Engineering Applications
Organ transplantation would be the first option for those whose tissues/organs have been extremely injured. However, the growing gap between the number of organ donors and receivers has resulted in the long waiting list for organ transplantation. Regenerative medicine has emerged as a promising …
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