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Articles tagged "Ethics"

  • 2019 American Transplant Congress

    Patient Perspectives of Informed Consent for Deceased Donor Organ Intervention Research

    E. Gordon1, B. Knopf1, A. Mussell2, C. Phillips2, R. Veatch3, P. Abt2, P. Reese2

    1Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 3Georgetown University, Washington DC, DC

    *Purpose: Interventions on deceased donors or their organs hold promise for increasing the quantity and quality of organs for transplantation by minimizing organ injury and…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Transplant Abuse in China (3): Transplants Conducted on Demand

    G. Yin,1 D. Li,1 M. Fu,2 Y. Xia.3

    1China Organ Harvest Research Center, Middletown, NY; 2MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX; 3Human Rights Law Foundation, Washington, DC.

    PurposeBased on allegations that China has been harvesting organs from prisoners of conscience in extrajudicial killings on a large scale, this report examines the extent…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Patient-Centered Outcomes after Liver Transplantation: A Qualitative Study

    G. Lee, J. Obayemi, E. Rubin.

    Surgery, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.

    Introduction: Outcomes after liver transplantation are most commonly reported by medical professionals as rates of graft failure, episodes of acute rejection, length of hospital stay,…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Transplant Abuse in China (4): Organ Sources

    D. Li, G. Yin.

    China Organ Harvest Research Center, Middletown, NY.

    PurposeBased on allegations that China has harvested organs from prisoners of conscience in extrajudicial killings on a large scale, this report evaluates China's official organ…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Organ Transplant Abuse in China (5): Role of the Chinese State

    D. Li,1 Y. Xia,2 M. Li,1 G. Yin.1

    1China Organ Harvest Research Center, Middletown, NY; 2Human Rights Law Foundation, Washington, DC.

    PurposeThis report identifies the role of the Chinese state in organ transplant abuses in China, including the harvesting of organs from prisoners of conscience as…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Perceptions, Motivations, and Concerns about Living Organ Donation among People Living with HIV

    S. Rasmussen, M. Henderson, J. Bollinger, S. Seaman, C. Durand, D. Segev, J. Sugarman.

    JHU, Baltimore.

    Background: The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act permits persons living with HIV (PLWH) to donate organs within research protocols. Motivations and concerns related to…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    An Economic Analysis of the UK Pancreas Allocation Scheme

    K. Burke,1 S. Birch,2,3 T. Augustine.1

    1The Renal and Pancreas Transplantation Unit, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, United Kingdom; 2Centre for Health Economics, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; 3Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.

    Introduction: Economics provides input to decisions concerning the best use of available resources. In transplantation, limitations include organ availability and competing organ demands. This is…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Critical Care Management of Organ Donors with Uncertain Consent Status

    M. Varma, J. LaRosa.

    Department of Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ.

    Introduction: Donor management is a foundation of organ transplantation. It requires professionalism, compassion, and collaboration between intensive care unit (ICU) staff, organ procurement organizations (OPOs),…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Higher Early Post-Liver Transplant Mortality in Recipients with Severe Alcoholic Hepatitis versus Alcoholic Cirrhosis

    B. Lee, G. Im, J. Dodge, M. Voigt, J. Rice, M. Lucey, D. Foley, L. Platt, A. Gurakar, N. Mehta, G. Therapondos, H. Han, D. Victor, O. Fix, L. Dinges, D. Dronamraju, C. Hsu, M. Rinella, H. Maddur, S. Eswaran, J. Hause, R. Ghobrial, Z. Li, N. Terrault.

    UCSF, SF; Mt Sinai, NYC; Iowa, Iowa; UW, Madison; Hopkins, Baltimore; Ochsner, Jefferson; USC, LA; Houston Methodist, Houston; Swedish, Seattle; Maryland, Baltimore; UPenn, Philadelphia; NW, Chicago; Rush, Chicago.

    INTRODUCTIONThe American Consortium of Early Liver Transplantation for Alcoholic Hepatitis (ACCELERATE-AH) is a multicenter cohort from 8 UNOS regions studying early liver transplant (LT) for…
  • 2018 American Transplant Congress

    Opting out and Offers of 'Alibis' for Potential Living Kidney Donors in the US

    R. Iskander,1 S. Kulkarni,2 C. Thiessen.2

    1McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada; 2Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.

    Purpose: To delineate rates of and reasons for opting out of living kidney donation, to determine if and how transplant centers offer alibis, to assess…
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