Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Apr 11, 2017 by in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Living Donor Liver Transplantation

Phase I Phone interview with transplant coordinator Phase II Evaluation by hepatologist, social worker, medical psychologist, and coordinator Complete medical history and physical examination Laboratory tests Phase III Surgical evaluation…

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Management of Conflict Between the Independent Living Donor Advocate and the Transplant Team

Apr 11, 2017 by in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Management of Conflict Between the Independent Living Donor Advocate and the Transplant Team

JENNIFER STEEL (ed.)Living Donor Advocacy2014An Evolving Role Within Transplantation10.1007/978-1-4614-9143-9_15 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 15. Management of Conflict Between the Independent Living Donor Advocate and the Transplant Team Roxanne M. Taylor1   (1) Maine…

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Unrelated Donors

Apr 11, 2017 by in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Unrelated Donors

Fig. 11.1 Emotional relatedness: How unrelated are unrelated donors? Increasing Numbers of Unrelated Donors In the US, unrelated kidney donations have markedly increased over the past 20 years, with over…

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Classification of Living Organ Donors

Apr 11, 2017 by in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Classification of Living Organ Donors

Fig. 10.1 Donor A and donor B are both blood type incompatible with their intended recipients. They are blood type compatible with the other’s recipient. In a KPD program, donor…

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Components and Timing of the ILDA Evaluation

Apr 11, 2017 by in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on Components and Timing of the ILDA Evaluation

Type of living donor/relationship to intended recipient (related, nonrelated, altruistic) Knowledge/understanding of living donation process Understanding of intended recipient’s medical condition as it relates to need for transplant and treatment…

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The History of Living Donor Advocacy in Living Donor Transplantation

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JENNIFER STEEL (ed.)Living Donor Advocacy2014An Evolving Role Within Transplantation10.1007/978-1-4614-9143-9_7 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014 7. The History of Living Donor Advocacy in Living Donor Transplantation Talia B. Baker1   and Helen G. Spicer2   (1) Department…

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The Medical Selection of Live Donors

Apr 11, 2017 by in NEPHROLOGY Comments Off on The Medical Selection of Live Donors

1. Phone screening  Age, weight  History of medical or psychiatric illness/substance abuse  Medications 2. Compatibility testing  ABO  HLA, crossmatchinga 3. Assessment of functional reserve of donor organ, organ specific 4….

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