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Renal Transplant Survey: how standardised is a standard kidney transplant?
… if there are international standards in renal transplantation. Method: A questionnaire was created using an online survey tool (Qualtrics ®), and distributed to a list of email addresses supplied by the unit's senior transplant surgeon. A literature review was performed on the questions and on …
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Improving Pre-Transplant Experiences for ICU Patients on the Heart Transplant Registry
… Netzer, & Iwashyna, 2019). Many heart transplant candidates are required to stay in the ICU for weeks or months prior to transplant surgery (UNOS, 2018), making them vulnerable to adverse outcomes such as infections, depression, and loss of functional status. “Prehabilitation” is a …
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Transplant organ preservation cooler
A method for preserving transplant organs for extended periods of time has been developed in the transplant organ preservation cooler. The preservation cooler enhances organ viability by maintaining a temperature controlled organ bath and pumping perfusate through the transplant organ. The emphasis …
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Specialized Transplant Orientation: Improving Nursing Competence Caring for the Solid Organ Transplant Patient
… 12 patients to >20. The number of solid organ transplants has also grown annually, from 82 in 2013 to 102 in 2014, with that number quickly being exceeded in 2015. Year to date there have been 30 new hires to the unit, most without previous PICU or transplant experience. Education needs …
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A Study of Pediatric Heart Transplant Patients in Relationship to Post Transplant Coronary Artery Disease
<p>Post transplant coronary artery disease influences short and long-term survival of pediatric heart transplant recipients. Associated cardiovascular disease risk factors among non-heart transplant adult and pediatric heart populations for development of coronary artery disease have been …
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Post transplant lymphoproliferative disoders in liver transplant recipients : cases at Red Cross Children's Hospital Cape Town
… (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 post-transplantation …
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Transplant anxieties : discourses about bone marrow
… the various discourses in the Bone Marrow Transplant (BMT) network in South Africa. The organisations in the network which were observed using participant observation were the South African Bone Marrow Registry and the Sunflower Fund to complement this, the researcher interviewed staff …
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Readmission Reduction Of 1st Year Transplant Recipients
<p>Abstract Readmission Reduction of 1st Year Transplant Recipients Clear communication with patients at their health-literacy level improves patient outcomes, fosters trust, and is associated with readmission reduction. Readmission of transplant recipients are correlated with morbidity, medical …
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Missing Domains Of Lung Transplant Patient Selection
… community in the thirty years since lung transplantation became the procedure of choice for patients with terminal, non-malignant lung disease. Background: Though there is a consensus regarding disease-specific indications for a lung transplant, ambiguity remains regarding how …
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Body Composition Assessment After Pediatric Liver Transplant
… of metabolic function. Pediatric liver transplantation generally restores metabolic function and results in growth recovery; yet, some children who have undergone liver transplant continue to be malnourished, have increased adiposity and may develop obesity as a long-term outcome. …
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HOW TO REDUCE TRANSPLANT STRESS IN URBAN TREES
… and post planting pruning can help reduce transplant stress and improve establishment, root development, and ecosystem service provision in young urban trees. It addresses four main questions: (i) whether substrate amendment with Ascophyllum nodosum extracts can accelerate nursery …
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Biomarkers of Cardiovascular Disease in Renal Transplant Recipients
… a leading cause of premature mortality in renal transplant recipients. Predicting the risk of future cardiovascular events in this patient cohort is challenging due to the prevalence of non-traditional risk factors. Biomarkers of cardiovascular disease have been demonstrated to improve the …
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Infant Heart Transplant: Perioperative Indicators of Neurocognitive Development
… birthday due to advances in palliative and transplant procedures (Razzouk et al, 1996). Unfortunately, the decrease in mortality has been unmatched by a decrease in morbidity, which continues to be a major risk factor when undergoing deep hypothermia (du Plessis, 2000). While …
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The Lived Experience of a Bone Marrow Transplant Survivor
Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) has progressed from an experimental therapy to a viable treatment for cancer. While the prospects for long-term survival following the procedure has increased, little is known about the quality of this survival. The present study was intended to explore the …
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Cardiotoxicity In Hematologic Stem Cell Transplant: Keeping The Beat
… <p>The number of hematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT) performed in the U.S. and worldwide is increasing. Cardiac events have been well described in HSCT, and incidence and type of cardiac events have not changed over recent decades. This study adds to the body of evidence in …
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Role of Allergic Conjunctivitis in Inducing Corneal Transplant Rejection
Corneal allografts are the most commonly transplanted solid organs in humans and have a success rate of over 90%. This low incidence of graft rejection is largely due to the unique properties of the eye that decrease the likelihood of mounting an immune response, a phenomenon called "immune …
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Menstruation and Contraception Patterns of Female Adolescent Transplant Patients
… by collecting information from adolescent female transplant patients who are on mycophenolate mofetil and their guardians within our free-standing children’s hospital. The study surveyed these patients and their caregivers in order to elucidate adolescent girl’s contraceptive knowledge and …
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