PURPOSE HCV-related liver disease is the most common indication for liver transplantation (LT) in Western countries, whereas HCV LT is rare in Korea. We conducted a survey of HCV RNA-positive patients who underwent LT and investigated the prognostic factors for patient survival and the effects of immunosuppression. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the multicenter records of 192 HCV RNA-pos...

BACKGROUND The psychological functioning of living donor (LD) and deceased donor (DD) recipients are important factors for emotional adjustment to transplantation. This study investigated differences in medical, sociodemographic and emotional factors between these two groups. METHODS A total of 241 kidney transplant recipients (68 LD, 173 DD) completed questionnaires on emotional and behaviou...

W hat happens to your personal data after you die? Most of the discussion on this topic has focused on whether and how relatives should be given access to the media accounts and music libraries of deceased loved ones (http:// www.theguardian.com/money/2012/sep/03/ do-you-own-your-digital-content; accessed 30 October 2015). However, an important issue—namely, of posthumous data use in research—h...

CONTEXT US residents with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) may live far away from the closest transplant center, which could compromise their access to kidney transplantation. OBJECTIVE To assess access to kidney transplantation as a function of distance from the closest transplant center or as a function of rural rather than urban residence. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Observational st...

background: a patient's satisfaction with nursing service is one of the main indices for measuring the quality and effectiveness of health care. objective: the purpose of this study was to investigate and compare patients' satisfaction with the nursing service provided in selected training hospitals in tehran. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted in 2013 using patient&apo...

background one of most important operations research problems is nurse scheduling problem (nsp) that tries to find an optimal way to assign nurses to shifts with a set of hard constraints. most of the researches are dealing with this problem in deterministic environment with constant parameters. while in the real world applications of nsp, the stochastic nature of some parameters like number of...

background: in recent decades, patient safety has become a high priority health system issue, due to the high potential of occurring adverse events in health facilities. objectives: this study was aimed to survey patient safety culture in 2 iranian educational hospitals. materials and methods: in a descriptive, cross-sectional survey, a hospital survey on patient safety culture, was used in two...

background: modern knee designs have popularized its use in younger patients due to its better performance. there remains uncertainty whether higher demands of these patients can affect implant survivorship.    purpose: to assess whether modern knee designs have provided similar results in patients younger than 70 years versus older patients. methods: we included 203 consecutive patients (236 k...