The Courage to Fail: A Social View of Organ Transplants ...
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Prophylaxis Of Infections In Solid Organ Transplantation
INTRODUCTION -- Solid organ transplant recipients are considered to be at "high risk" for developing infection; individual risk is determined by a relationship between the epidemiologic exposures of the individual and the patient's "net ... [... more]
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Solid Organ Transplantation In Hiv-Infected Individuals
Such improvements in the long-term prognosis of those with HIV infection have prompted many transplant programs to reevaluate their policies regarding the exclusion of patients with HIV infection. Currently, there is one large NIH sponsored ... [... more]
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Infection In The Solid Organ Transplant Recipient
The risks of infection and an overview of specific infections in the solid organ transplant recipient will be reviewed here. The pretransplant evaluation for solid organ and bone marrow transplant (BMT) recipients, prophylaxis of infections in ... [... more]
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Renal Function And Nonrenal Solid Organ Transplantation
PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION OF KIDNEY FUNCTION -- As a general rule, the preoperative evaluation of kidney function in candidates for nonrenal SOT should focus upon establishing the likelihood of being left with adequate kidney function ... [... more]
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Organ Transplant
The long-term success rates for organ transplants vary by the type of organ transplanted, by the number of organs transplanted at the same time (such as heart/lung transplants), and by the type of disease that caused the organ to fail. Generally, ... [... more]
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Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society
 The developments that have occurred in the field of organ transplantation during the 1980s and early 1990s, and the simultaneous rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart are the subject of this vividly written and absorbing new volume. In Spare ... [... more]
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Selecting A Transplant Hospital
Currently, every transplant hospital program, organ procurement organization, and histocompatibility laboratory in the U.S. is an OPTN member. Membership means that their transplant programs are certified by UNOS, and that they play an active ... [... more]
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Kidney for Sale by Owner: Human Organs, Transplantation, ...
During the past ten years over 4,600 people have died annually in the United States while waiting for organ transplants. In 2003, 83,000 patients waited for transplantation--but only 20,000 patients received them. While everyone seems to agree that this ... [... more]
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Spare Parts: Organ Replacement in American Society
The developments that have occurred in the field of organ transplantation during the 1980s and early 1990s, and the simultaneous rise and fall of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart are the subject of this vividly written and absorbing new volume. In Spare ... [... more]
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History of Organ and Cell Transplantation
Organ transplantation is the greatest therapeutic advancement of the second half of the 20th century. Of all medical specialities, the pioneers of transplantation make up the largest number of experts awarded with, or nominated for the Nobel Prize. Over ... [... more]
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The Transplant Patient: Biological, Psychiatric, and ...
Over the past forty years transplantation has developed from a laboratory based experimental procedure to a clinical commonplace. Transplantation raises issues of patient screening and selection, quality of life for recipients, living donors and their ... [... more]
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