Progress in Transplantation back issues from March 2004:
Coping with transplantation Part 2: posttransplant phase
Mar 01, 2004; ... Initially after the transplantation surgery, patients and family members often experience a period of elation. This period of joy stems from the realization that the patient has survived both the waiting period and the surgery itself. Patients and their loved ones are relieved that this ...
Unintended consequences: the impact of protocol change on critical care nurses' perceptions of stress
Mar 01, 2004; ... Context-The Family Communication Coordinator protocol was implemented to facilitate effective communications during potential organ donation cases. Previous research records its effectiveness relative to donor outcome measures. By redefining and clarifying role responsibilities, the protocol may ...
Donor and nondonor families' accounts of communication and relations with healthcare professionals
Mar 01, 2004; ... The cadaveric organ procurement scheme in the United Kingdom is based on a voluntary, opt-in system. However, regardless of whether and how individuals make their wishes known about organ donation before death, health professionals are required to seek the families' "lack of objection" before ...
Mortality from time of listing for transplantation as an indicator of candidate outcomes
Mar 01, 2004; ... Context-Survival after transplantation has traditionally been the statistic most closely scrutinized as to the efficacy of the procedure and a program's performance. We propose that mortality from the time of listing is a more significant outcome measure for potential transplant candidates. We ...
Practical Manual of Abdominal Organ Transplantation
Mar 01, 2004; ... Practical Manual of Abdominal Organ Transplantation. Cosine Manzarbeitia, ed. New York, NY: Kluwar Academic/Plenum Publishers; 2002. 247 pp. $52.50. Practical Manual contains a concise collection of broad topics in transplantation medicine and surgery. This review of solid-organ ...
Comprehensive Guide to Transplant Nutrition
Mar 01, 2004; ... Comprehensive Guide to Transplant Nutrition. Jeanette M. Hasse, Linda S. Blue. Chicago, Ill: American Dietetic Association; 2002. 264pp. $53.00. The field of transplantation is ever changing and progressing in its search for strategies to improve organ tolerance with minimal use of ...
Family conversations about organ donation
Mar 01, 2004; ... Objective-To describe family conversations about organ donation and to examine interrelationships among the content and outcomes of these conversations, and attitudes toward organ donation. Design-Closed and open-ended survey questions. Participants-353 men and 488 ...
Are organ donation attitudes and beliefs, empathy, and life orientation related to donor registration status?
Mar 01, 2004; ... Context-The severe organ donor shortage necessitates additional research on variables that may distinguish those who register to be organ donors and those who do not. Such research has important implications for the development of educational interventions. Objective-To examine whether ...
Building effective teams in a high-tech world
Mar 01, 2004; ... The concepts for teams and communication have changed greatly since computers and electronic communication have linked us into a smaller but bigger world. The world seems smaller because we can quickly and easily communicate with colleagues in Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia via e-mail, ...
Successful combined heart-liver transplantation in a patient with hemochromatosis
Mar 01, 2004; ... Hemochromatosis is a disorder of excess iron deposition in tissues that may cause multiorgan dysfunction. Because the early symptoms of hemochromatosis are nonspecific, the diagnosis is frequently overlooked until significant organ failure has developed. The primary cause of death in these ...
A comparative study of quality of life among the age groups of kidney transplant recipients
Mar 01, 2004; ... Context-Quality of life and transplant age are 2 major concerns of professionals and researchers. Both variables are contemplated in transplant allocation decisions as a result of longer graft and patient survival and the likelihood of achieving a reasonably good quality of life for patients of ...
Proposed treatment guidelines for donor care
Mar 01, 2004; ... The complex care of the organ donor during preparation for organ removal and provision of the best organs for transplantation is often the responsibility of the organ procurement coordinator. To assist in that process the following clinical problem-based guidelines have been developed. A ...
Transplant coordination activities in the Baskent University Hospital Network
Mar 01, 2004; ... Our transplantation center adopted a new model of operation, with 3 affiliated centers of the Baskent University. The aim of this system is to standardize procedures related to organ procurement and transplantation, to increase organ donation, and to improve the quality of services. The ...