Tissue and Organ Procurement
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Lung transplantation and donation after cardiac death: a single center experience.

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Lung donation after cardiac death (DCD) can enlarge the donor pool. Single-center reports have shown comparable outcomes after lung transplantation using conventional donors versus DCD in small numbers of patients. METHODS: We performed ... Read more...

Development and evaluation of a novel solution, Somah, for the procurement and preservation of beating and nonbeating donor hearts for transplantation.

10 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: Injury to myocytes, endocardium, and the coronary endothelium during harvesting and storage can compromise outcomes after heart transplantation. Safeguarding of structure and function of cardiomyocytes and endothelium in donor hearts may ... Read more...

Effect of "collaborative requesting" on consent rate for organ donation: randomised controlled trial (ACRE trial).

6 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether collaborative requesting increases consent for organ donation from the relatives of patients declared dead by criteria for brain stem death. DESIGN: Unblinded multicentre randomised controlled trial using a sequential ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Tissue and Organ Procurement'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Lung transplantation and donation after cardiac death: a single center experience. 30 Oct 2009
• Japan approves brain death to increase donors: will it work? 22 Oct 2009
• Global agreement needed to prevent trafficking in organs, says UN and Council of Europe. 19 Oct 2009
• A message from the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI. 13 Oct 2009
• "A gift for life. Considerations on organ donation". 13 Oct 2009
• A colloquium on the congress "A gift for life. Considerations on organ donation". 13 Oct 2009
• Development and evaluation of a novel solution, Somah, for the procurement and preservation of beating and nonbeating donor hearts for transplantation. 10 Oct 2009
• Effect of "collaborative requesting" on consent rate for organ donation: randomised controlled trial (ACRE trial). 6 Oct 2009
• Good science and good ethics: why we should discourage payment for eggs for stem cell research. 5 Oct 2009
• Delimiting death. 29 Sep 2009
• The impact of ischemic cholangiopathy in liver transplantation using donors after cardiac death: the untold story. 29 Sep 2009
• Saving lives is more important than abstract moral concerns: financial incentives should be used to increase organ donation. 29 Sep 2009
• No difference in transplant outcomes for local and import pancreas allografts. 13 Sep 2009
• Organ donation in China. 3 Sep 2009
• Who should be delisted from urgent heart transplantation in Germany? 30 Aug 2009
• Restarting the clock...again: ethical considerations in retransplantation. 30 Aug 2009
• Transplantation: ABO-incompatible renal transplants: time for increased use? 30 Aug 2009
• Rethinking the ethics of vital organ donations. 30 Aug 2009
• [Nurses, usage and families. 8/8--regulatory framework of organ donation] 30 Aug 2009
• Sex matters, but to what clinical avail? 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Tissue and Organ Procurement'

Definition: The administrative procedures involved with acquiring TISSUES or organs for TRANSPLANTATION through various programs, systems, or organizations. These procedures include obtaining consent from TISSUE DONORS and arranging for transportation of donated tissues and organs, after TISSUE HARVESTING, to HOSPITALS for processing and transplantation.

Descriptor UI: D009927

Alternative terms: Tissue and Organ Procurement; Organ Donation; Organ Donations; Organ Procurement; Organ Procurements; Required Organ Donation Request; Required Request; Required Requests; Tissue Donation; Tissue Donations; Tissue Procurement; Tissue Procurements; Donor Cards; Card, Donor; Cards, Donor; Donor Card; Organ Procurement Systems; Organ Procurement System;

Related Mesh Headings: Tissue Banks; Tissue Donors; Tissue and Organ Harvesting;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N02.421.911;

History Note: 2005 (1987)