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| | Organ transplant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | An organ transplant is the transplantation of a whole or partial organ from one body to another (or from a donor site on the patient's own body), for the purpose of replacing the recipient's damaged or failing organ with a working one from the donor site. | | | This allocates organs based on the method considered most fair by the scientific leadership in the field. | | | This is uncommon as the outcomes are worse for both patients than had they received the whole organ. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_transplant
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| | FAQ: bit.listserv.transplant, Organ transplant ng (Part 1 of 4) |
| | Organ Transplant Patient Home Page ---------------------------------- http://www.hooked.net/users/chartsf/txp/txphome.htm#chrono Carl Hart : There are numerous sites with transplant information; some pages are dedicated to health care practitioners, others to patients and their families. | | | There are many life issues for the transplant patient that are simply not covered in medical literature or by medical personnel. | | | No one involved with the life saving care of an individual is involved in the transplantation or organ recovery process. |
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| | Organ Donation > Frequently Asked Questions |
| | Organ allocation is based on the principles of equity and medical utility with the concept of justice applied to both access (consideration) as well as allocation (distribution). | | | Regardless of any pre-existing medical circumstances or conditions, determination of suitability to donate organs or tissue may be based on a combination of factors that take into account the donor's general health and the urgency of need of the recipient. | | | Tissue: cornea, skin, bone marrow, heart valves, and connective tissue |
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http://www.organdonor.gov/faq.html
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| | The Nebraska Medical Center Organ Transplant Program |
| | Weekly and monthly support groups are available for solid organ transplant patients and their families. | | | The Lied Transplant Center, a partnership between the University of Nebraska Medical Center and The Nebraska Medical Center, provides UNMC researchers and provides researchers and multi-disciplinary health care professionals greater opportunities for interaction and collaboration. | | | Through our dedicated efforts in education, research and clinical medicine, we have helped shape the field of transplantation. |
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http://www.nebraskamed.com/transplant
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| | What does Islam say about Organ Transplant? |
| | The Council supports organ transplant as a means of alleviating pain or saving life on the basis of the rules of Shari'ah. | | | 2) It is permitted to transplant an organ from one person’s body to another, if it is an organ that can regenerate itself, such as skin and blood, provided that the donor is mature and fully understands what he is doing, and that all the other relevant shariah conditions are met. | | | Is it allowed to remove an organ like the kidney from the body of a living person and transplant it into the body of a sick person whose life depends on it? |
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http://www.themodernreligion.com/misc/hh/organ-transplant.html
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| | Organ transplant |
| | In this article we have analysed only some aspects of organs transplants and we will treat again the subject in order to pull down - by means of moral, cultural and philosophic weapons - the obstacles opposing to a quick increase, in Italy, of organs donation. | | | In fact the transplant ethic value - as therapy act aimed to save life, or, anyhow, to better its quality - does not justify, by itself, a consent to donation anyhow reached. | | | And overall we think that neurological criteria death assessment has not yet become praxis in all the Reanimation Centres and Intensive Therapy, independently from the eventual transplant. |
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| | Organ Donation, Tissue Donation, Organ Transplants - The Gift of a Lifetime |
| | Experience the real-life stories of donor families and organ and tissue transplant recipients. | | | A mother in the midst of a tragedy helps give life to others through organ donation. | | | Explore the Interactive Body, learn about brain death and how organ and tissue donation restores lives. |
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http://www.organtransplants.org
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| | is a not for profit organization that provides support, counseling, education and informational medical programs and materials on transplantation for transplant recipients, candidates, their families and health care professionals. | | | Members include transplant recipients, candidates, their families, and health care professionals. | | | We also promote organ and tissue donor awareness in our community. |
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http://www.otsfriends.org
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| | Toronto General Hospital Multi Organ Transplant Program |
| | The field of regenerative medicine, defined as the practice of repair, regeneration, or replacement of tissues, organs that have failed, has enormous potential to revolutionize diagnostic and therapeutic approaches via the development radical new therapies. | | | This new approach to transplant care centralizes both physical and professional services within in-patient and ambulatory care settings. | | | In association with the CIHR Institute of Health Research's (CIHR) innovative Strategic Training Initiative in Health Research, we are offering you the opportunity to receive cutting-edge research training in health research. |
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http://www.torontotransplant.org
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| | Transplant Living: Organ Donation and Transplantation Information for Patients |
| | When the new system begins, patients will no longer be prioritized by their waiting time, but by their lung allocation score instead. | | | The decision to have a baby important for every woman, but for transplant recipients, deciding to have a baby can raise many important questions and concerns. | | | Effective Spring 2005, the OPTN/UNOS lung allocation policy will change significantly. |
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http://www.transplantliving.org
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| | National Kidney Foundation: Transplantation |
| | To demonstrate to the public the collective and individual successes of the life-restoring therapy of organ transplantation | | | In our great tradition, World Records were set by U.S. athletes in swimming and track/field events. | | | We subscribe to the HONcode principles of the Health on the Net Foundation. |
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http://www.kidney.org/transplantation/athletics/index.cfm
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| | Access Healthcare -- National Organ Transplant Network |
| | As noted, the administrative processes associated with organ transplantation can be quite burdensome for patients, families and payors alike. | | | A broad range of both inpatient and outpatient procedures are included within each of the phases and pricing is captured at the conclusion of each phase with significant savings identified. | | | The science of human organ transplantation has been advanced dramatically in recent years. |
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http://www.accesshealthcare.us/organ_transplant_centers
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| | Organ transplants - Human Organ Transplants - International Transplant Coordinators - Jim Cohan & Associates |
| | Most of the surgeons in these hospitals have been educated and trained in the U.S and utilize the most current surgical procedures, equipment, and medications in their transplant programs. | | | Until such times arrive, we shall continue to strive to improve and prolong the quality of life through our work | | | Providing immediate transplants, both cadaver and live, in countries concerned with providing safe and legal procedures, is our primary goal. |
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http://www.transplantcoordinator.com
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| | New Organ Transplant Rules Help Sickest Patients |
| | The scale, which was developed by experts at the Mayo Clinic, is based on objective medical test results, rather than subjective measures assigned by doctors, and strives to eliminate the bias of physicians. | | | The IOM review also failed to account for all the patients on the waiting list, analyze the performance of different organ procurement organizations, and address the availability of donors, among other things, Freeman says. | | | Under the current system, livers are distributed according to regions: Waiting patients have first crack at the livers in their region despite medical need. |
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| | First triple organ transplant at Vanderbilt performed |
| | Wright Pinson, professor of Surgery and surgical director of the Vanderbilt Transplant Center. | | | Chair in Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery and surgical director of the heart transplant program; Dr. J. | | | The five-year survival rate for patients following lung or heart-lung transplantation is approximately 50 percent. |
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| | BBC News HEALTH Organ transplant breakthrough |
| | Lead researcher Professor Roger Gosden, of the Eastern Virginia Medical School, US, said that if the technique could one day be applied to humans, it would offer an option to women and children who would otherwise be sterilized by chemotherapy. | | | The researchers carried out their research on rats. | | | It might also be used to reduce the risk of premature sterility in women with other medical conditions. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/health/newsid_1776000/1776032.stm
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| | Organ Transplant at Mayo Clinic: Transplant Programs and Specialties |
| | Transplant teams in Jacksonville, Rochester and Arizona are applying novel techniques to improve care for transplant patients. | | | Mayo Clinic offers many advantages for transplant patients. | | | Mayo Clinic Specialty Pharmacy helps Mayo patients with chronic diseases manage their medications. |
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| | Welcome to LHSC's Multi-Organ Transplant Program |
| | As well as providing excellent patient care, our program is integrally involved with both clinical research and basic research, aiming to continually improve the lives of transplant patients. | | | If you have any questions or concerns regarding this information, please consult with your health care professional. | | | Number of patients waiting for an organ transplant in London, Canada |
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| | Organ Transplant -- After the Transplant |
| | However, these medications also will save your life by keeping your body from rejecting the donor organ. | | | Rejection is nature's way of protecting your body. | | | Current medications still have the potential to speed up illness or create new disease, such as heart problems, diabetes, cancer, and osteoporosis. |
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| | Transplant Central - Organ Transplant Survivors Support Network |
| | Transplant Central is dedicated to the sharing of information by patients, families, spouses, doctors and surgeons who have been through the organ transplant experience. | | | A transplant survivors network, we share our experience to help and support others who have gone through an organ transplant or are going through an organ transplant. | | | This should be a fun place to visit when you want to think about something other than transplantation. |
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http://www.transplantcentral.org
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| | The Transplant Center at Fairview-University Medical Center |
| | We are dedicated to educating patients about preventive health care and transplant issues. | | | Providing unsurpassed care in a new, integrated environment. | | | Whether you are a patient awaiting transplantation, a living donor, or a transplant recipient, the expertise of University of Minnesota Physicians and supporting resources are available in a single location to dramatically improve patient care. |
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http://www.fairviewtransplant.org
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| | EconLog, Organ Transplant Market?, Arnold Kling: Library of Economics and Liberty |
| | I suppose that the family would have a limited amount of utility for the body, but unless someone needed an organ, it seems that that utility would be unquantifiable. | | | For another, it is not clear whether he is talking about transactions with live donors or the families of dead ones, or even transactions with living individuals who agree, irrevocably, to be organ donors upon their death. | | | Consider the case of markets in a vital organ like hearts. |
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http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2003/03/organ_transplan.html
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| | organ transplants |
| | The disadvantage of these drugs is that they weaken the body's natural defense against various infections. | | | Thus, to prevent rejection, organ transplant patients must take drugs (such as cyclosporine and corticosteroids) that suppress the body's immune response. | | | According to the Department of Health and Human Services, almost 27,000 transplant procedures were done in 2004. |
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http://transplants.ws
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| | Organ Transplant Program |
| | In the past 20 years, our surgeons have performed more than 2,000 kidney transplants in our state-of-the-art surgical facilities. | | | Swedish gives transplant patients the experience of an accomplished multidisciplinary team led by highly skilled transplant surgeons. | | | All patients participating in the Organ Transplant Program receive an extensive orientation prior to transplantation. |
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http://www.swedish.org/body.cfm?id=147
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| | MedlinePlus: Organ Transplantation |
| | Organ Transplantation: Coping with the Wait (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) | | | Keeping Human Tissue Transplants Safe (Food and Drug Administration) | | | Transplants: Glossary of Relevant and Related Terms (Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients) |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/organtransplantation.html
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| | Who is the United Organ Transplant Association? |
| | Education of potential donors who could also be recipients is, therefore, another vital part of our mission. | | | Donor awareness is as important as the transplant recipient. | | | The United Organ Transplant Association, is a nonprofit charitable Corporation dedicated to providing educational, emotional and financial support to pre- and post- transplant patients. |
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| | Organ transplant information - Novartis Pharmaceutical |
| | Our aim is to get people's high blood pressure into the BP Success Zone (less than 140/90 to 120/80 mm HG or below). | | | Doctors take out the person's organ and replace it with one from another person, called a donor. | | | Sometimes people need new organs-such as a kidney, liver, or heart-because theirs are not working. |
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http://www.pharma.us.novartis.com/conditions/az/organ_transplant.jsp
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| | Arrow Heights Organ Transplant Fund |
| | AHOTF attempts to help people beyond a one-time grant with any ongoing transplant-related medical needs. | | | AHOTF was established when a church member learned of his need for a transplant. | | | Over $135,000 has been distributed to those who would not have been able to live without a transplant. |
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| | CenterSpan: Transplant News Network |
| | Medline (via Medical Matrix) - search abstracts from an assortment of major medical journals | | | In the News: UNOS Competition; Transplants in HIV Patients | | | Journal Briefs: Methadone in Liver Patients; Expectations of Stem Cell Transplant Patients; A Genetic Mutation in Interstitial Lung Disease |
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| | AllRefer Health - Transplant Rejection (Graft Rejection, Tissue/Organ Rejection) |
| | Immunosuppressive drugs are needed to prevent organ rejection. | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Health > Diseases and Conditions > Transplant Rejection | | | Transplant rejection is when a transplant recipient's immune system attacks a transplanted organ or tissue. |
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| | Organ Transplant Links |
| | A Plea for Help for Heart Transplant surgery for a child in obsructive cardiopathy. | | | I have cystic fibrosis and have been diagnosed as having "end-stage" lung disease. | | | Marcela was four years old when she received her heart transplant. |
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| | United Network for Organ Sharing: Organ Donation and Transplantation |
| | A recovered deceased donor is one from whom at least one vascularized, solid organ (kidney, liver, pancreas, heart, lung, or intestine) was recovered for the purposes of organ transplantation. | | | A transplant is considered to have occurred, and therefore is counted, once anesthesia has been induced for the transplant procedure. | | | A living donor is a living person from whom an organ (usually kidney, liver, or lung) is recovered for transplantation. |
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| | Organ Transplant |
| | Written and edited by an esteemed group of experts in clinical transplantation, Organ Transplantation: Concepts, Issues, Practice, and Outcomes is an essential reference for transplant nurses at the bedside, transplant coordinators, nursing faculty, and allied health care providers working in the field of solid organ transplantation. | | | Chapter 6: Organ and Tissue Donation and Recovery | | | Chapter 5: Policy and Practice in Organ Transplantation |
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| | Thomas E. Starzl Transplantation Institute, UPMC University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
| | Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences | | | It was renamed in 1996 in honor of Thomas E. Starzl, MD, PhD, whose foresight, perseverance, and commitment made him the modern-day father of organ transplantation. | | | For more information about Dr. Starzl and his influence on the field of transplantation, visit the Starzl Tribute website. |
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| | Welcome to UK Transplant |
| | The number of NHS patients benefiting from a life-changing pancreas transplant in a year has hit treble figures for the first time. | | | At UK Transplant we are doing everything with one focus - to save or improve the lives of thousands of people every year through organ transplantation. | | | The new UK Transplant campaigns mini-site has been launched, with the aim of helping anyone and everyone raise awareness of organ donation and transplantation. |
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| | Southwest Transplant Alliance |
| | is a non-profit organ and tissue donor program serving hospitals and patients throughout much of Texas. | | | Founded in 1974, STA is one of the largest of 59 federally designated organ procurement organizations in the U.S. In its service area, STA is the official link between those who need an organ to survive, and those who have the potential to save lives by becoming donors | | | I am so grateful to my donor's family for helping me to see again." |
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| | Heart, Kidney, Liver, Tissue, Organ Transplant Advances American Society of Transplantation |
| | The American Society of Transplantation would like to express its deepest sympathies for the individuals and families who have suffered due to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina. | | | The AST has compiled a list of links to sites that are offering relief efforts, donations and aid to those in need. | | | Long Term Management of the Organ Transplant Recipient |
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| | National MOTTEP® Online |
| | This day is designed to increase awareness of the need for more organ/tissue donors. | | | LIFE Walk is in its 8th year of promoting public awareness about organ and tissue donation. | | | We invite you to come share the message that one can extend life through organ and tissue donation
one step, one run at a time. |
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| | Organ and Tissue Donation/Transplanation - |
| | Decision: Donation — A School Program That Gives the Gift of Life, a new organ and tissue donation education program to help high school students make more informed decisions about donation when they receive their driver's license | | | Organ Donation Breakthrough Collaborative — A partnership committed to spreading known best practices to the Nation's largest hospitals to achieve organ donation rates of 75 percent or higher in these hospitals. | | | The Institute of Medicine releases a report on a proposed structure for implementing the new National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program. |
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| | Transplant Resource Center of Maryland (Our Mission) |
| | You probably know someone who has received a second chance at life, an organ or tissue transplant! | | | We invite you to learn how organ and tissue transplants help thousands of people each year! | | | At The Transplant Resource Center of Maryland, we celebrate the generous gifts of organ and tissue donors and educate others about the importance of registering as a donor. |
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| | Home - COTA Website |
| | The Children's Organ Transplant Association is recognized by these organizations for service and stewardship excellence. | | | The Children's Organ Transplant Association provides fundraising assistance for children and young adults needing life-saving transplants and promotes organ, marrow and tissue donation. | | | Please take a few moments to see how COTA assists transplant-needy children, and learn how you can join the effort to save kids' lives! |
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| | British Columbia Transplant Society Website |
| | BCTS research in Living Anonymous Donation (LAD's) is working to help bridge the gap between the need and availability of organs for transplant. | | | The BC Transplant Society does not directly solicit money, for more information |
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| | Canadian Transplant Association |
| | Along with getting together with fellow transplant recipients to compete in multiple sports, it is also a great place to meet new recipients from across Canada and the USA and share the many stories you have acquired while waiting for and receiving your gift of life. | | | Check out our web site at cta-alberta.com or give us a call toll free at 1-877-779-5991 | | | associated in anyway with an organization calling themselves: "The Organ Donation and Transplant Association of Canada". |
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| | Organ Transplant |
| | Copyright© 2005 by the Maryland Health Care Commission. | | | Draft COMAR 10.24.15: State Health Plan for Facilities and Services: Specialized Health Care Services - Organ Transplant Services: Analysis of Public Comments and Staff Recommendations | | | Options Paper - COMAR 10.24.15 State Health Plan for Facilities and Services: Specialized Health Care Services - Organ Transplant Services: Regulatory Issues and Policy Options - Analysis of Public Comments and Staff Recommendations |
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