Successful Living

Strategies for Successful Ageing Living Alone

The purpose of this qualitative study, conducted in Thailand, was to identify strategies for older adults to live alone happily, with dignity, security, and independence. Purposive sampling techniques were used to recruit participants from 12 provinces throughout Thailand. The sample included three groups: older Thai people living alone (n = 1,087), clinician who working with Thai older adults ...

Successful living-related kidney transplantation in hereditary renal hypouricaemia.

Successful living-related kidney transplantation in hereditary renal hypouricaemia Sir, Hereditary renal hypouricaemia (MIM: 220150) is a syndrome that involves a defect in urate transporter1 (URAT1) for urate reabsorption at the brush border membrane of the proximal tubule in the kidney [1]. A G774A mutation in SLC22A12 encoding URAT1 is the dominant mutation in Japanese [2]. Since hypouricaem...

Successful living donor kidney transplantation across HLA and ABO incompatibilities.

A 56-year-old white female presented for evaluation for kidney transplantation in November 2003. Her end-stage renal disease (ESRD) was presumed due to medullary sponge kidney associated with stones and infection and she had started haemodialysis in April 2003. Other medical history included hypertension and anaemia. She was otherwise well. She had had four pregnancies and had received blood tr...

Promoting Successful Transition from Foster Care to Independent Living

Successful Use of Ectopic Pelvic Kidney for Living Related Donation Technical Aspects and Literature Review

Ectopic pelvic kidneys can provide an additional source of organs for transplantation. They are often excluded from donation in living donation programs mainly due to aberrant vascular and urinary anatomies. We present a donor with an ectopic left kidney, who successfully donated his kidney. The use of ectopic pelvic kidney for living kidney transplantation is a highly demanding surgical proced...