Recently added articles from Progress in Transplantation:

Courage and character, leaders and legends: an interview with Richard Lower, MD

Mar 01, 2008; Ohler, Linda ... The courage of wise leaders is close-knit with their character.1 The pioneering work of Drs Lower and Shumway is well known and highly respected in the world of heart transplantation. Together, they developed the surgical procedure still used by many heart transplant surgeons today ....

Subcapsular hematoma evacuation as a method of evaluating injured kidneys for transplant

Mar 01, 2008; Yushkov, Yuriy; Hoffman, Allison; Giudice, Anthony ... Background-Approximately one-third of organ donors in the United States are trauma victims. In general, kidneys with large subcapsular hematomas are not used for transplant because of the possibility of significant parenchymal injury. A large subcapsular renal hematoma may cause scarring ...

Improving equity of access to deceased donor kidneys in New Zealand

Mar 01, 2008; Faire, Bridget; Dittmer, Ian ... Before 1999, deceased donor kidneys in New Zealand were allocated by local nephrologists on the basis of local needs and factors thought to be beneficial to graft outcome-in particular, matching tissue type. Waiting times were much longer for patients whose tissue type was different from that of ...

When the donor says yes and the family says no

Mar 01, 2008; Howard, Richard J; Cornell, Danielle L; Koval, Charles B ... Signed donor cards clearly demonstrate the donor's intention to donate organs after death. In many states, this donation cannot be rescinded by the next of kin, and organs can be recovered from the donor even if the family objects. The family usually does not object if the donor has signed an ...

Timely referral of potential organ donors

Mar 01, 2008; Ehrle, Ron ... Considerable advancements in the field of transplantation have been realized since the first successful kidney transplantation was performed in 1954. Since this monumental event, more than 300 000 patients have received a transplant in the United States.1 Despite the advances in transplantation, ...

Factitious wound infections in an altruistic living liver donor

Mar 01, 2008; Levenson, James L; Valverde, Rodolfo; Olbrisch, Mary Ellen ... We report a case of recurrent factitious wound infections in an altruistic living liver donor. Costs for the infections after donation were billed to the recipient, creating a threat to the recipient's lifetime benefits. This case illustrates the importance of obtaining previous medical records ...

Patients' willingness to talk to others about living kidney donation

Mar 01, 2008; Rodrigue, James R; Cornell, Danielle L; Kaplan, Bruce; Howard, Richard J ... Background-Living donor kidney transplantation has several advantages for patients with end-stage renal disease. However, many patients are reluctant to pursue this treatment option, preferring instead to wait for a deceased donor organ. Objective-To examine predictors of patients' ...

An international perspective: job satisfaction among transplant nurses

Mar 01, 2008; Russell, Cynthia L; Van Gelder, Frank ... Context-The high demand for transplant nurses across the world leads us to examine job design and job satisfaction because job satisfaction is linked to better outcomes for patients. Objective-To describe international transplant nurses' perspectives of job design and job satisfaction by ...

Consideration of psychosocial factors in the evaluation of living donors

Mar 01, 2008; Schroder, Nina M; McDonald, Laurie A; Etringer, Geri; Snyders, Michele ... Results of donor outcome studies indicate that most living donors report a positive psychosocial response to donation. However, negative psychosocial outcomes have also been reported. Evaluation guidelines have been proposed, although a standardized evaluation specific to living donors is not ...

Further exploration: maturity and adherence in adolescent and young adult heart transplant recipients

Mar 01, 2008; Lawrence, Kathy; Stilley, Carol S; Olshansky, Ellen; Bender, Ann; Webber, Steven A ... Context-Pediatric transplant clinicians note high rates of nonadherence with medications, appointment keeping, and laboratory tests and high rates of engagement in high-risk behaviors among older adolescents and young adult recipients. The caregivers also report symptoms of identity confusion, ...

Optimal transplant education for recipients to increase pursuit of living donation

Mar 01, 2008; Waterman, Amy D; Barrett, Ann C; Stanley, Sara L ... Context-Inadequate transplant education may stop kidney patients from beginning or completing evaluation or limit recipients from considering living donation. Objective-To learn about recipients' decision making about living donation and preferred transplant education ...

Milestones in transplantation

Mar 01, 2008; Ohler, Linda; Coscia, Lisa; Armenti, Vincent ... The patient was admitted to the Boston Lying-in Hospital to await delivery. To avoid any possible trauma to the transplanted kidney as the vertex engaged, it was decided to deliver the patient by cesarean section. This was performed under spinal anesthesia on March 10, 1958, a time arbitrarily ...