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Bilingual Site Boosts Awareness of Kidney Donations For Hispanics/Latinos
Northwestern University NewsCenter Infórmate.org was launched to help Hispanics/Latinos with kidney failure and their families learn about the options, risks and benefits of living and deceased donor kidney transplants and make informed decisions about what is best for them. The website … |
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Transplanting Kidneys From Deceased Donors With Severe Acute Kidney Injury
Medscape Our aim was to determine outcomes with transplanting kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury, defined as a donor with terminal serum creatinine ≥2.0 mg/dL, or a donor requiring acute renal replacement therapy. We included all patients … |
Peterborough Examiner |
Kidney Walk raises almost $4000: Nicholls Oval hosts annual event
Peterborough Examiner Since both kidneys were from deceased donors, Dimovski never to got to say thanks. So to give back, Dimovski walks in the Kidney Walk to raise awareness about organ and tissue donation. “I think it’s important that we get the word out there, the … |
Quartz |
It’s now possible to have your tattoos framed and preserved when you die
Quartz Since then, the organization has preserved 21 tattoos—14 from deceased donors, the rest excess skin removed during surgery. One of NAPSA’s first projects belonged to a 34-year-old man who died in his sleep. He’d had his son’s name inked below a heart, … |
News TodayOf cadaver transplants & donorsNews TodayThe film focused on Tamilnadu which is a role model for deceased organ donation and transplantation in India. As per the annual report of TRANSTAN (April 2014 to March 2015), there were 155 decease…
DreamRCT: Shedding Pounds Before Kidney TransplantMedPage TodayLiving related and deceased donor recipients will be included. Induction protocols will be at the discretion of the transplant center, as will as maintenance immunosuppression. Perioperativ…
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A genetic test could predict future troubles for kidney donors – why not use it?
Medical Xpress Over 100,000 people in the US are waiting for a kidney transplant. Most of the kidneys that were transplanted in 2014 (about 17,000 transplants) are from deceased donors. Kidneys donated from living donors last longer, but the number of living donors … |
The Conversation US |
A genetic test could predict future troubles for kidney donors – why not use it?
The Conversation US Most of the kidneys that were transplanted in 2014 (about 17,000 transplants) are from deceased donors. Kidneys donated from living donors last longer, but the number of living donors has dropped over the past decade. Ethnic and racial disparities in … |
iSchoolGuideWomb Transplant From Deceased Donors Gives Hope To Many Women; What Can This …iSchoolGuideThe procedure will involve a six-hour operation using wombs of deceased donors. Sophie Lewis, who suffers from Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser (MRKH)…
JIPMER to Unveil Robotic SurgeryThe New Indian ExpressThe organs will be harvested from deceased donors initially in addition to live donors, he added. The institute has already notified a brain death certification committee in 2012 and formulated stan…