liver or hepatic transplantation (lt) is the replacement of a diseased liver with part or whole healthy liver from another person (allograft). human liver transplants were first performed by thomas starzl in the united states and roy calne in cambridge, england in 1963 and 1967, respectively. liver transplantation is a viable treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure....

Liver or hepatic transplantation (LT) is the replacement of a diseased liver with part or whole healthy liver from another person (allograft). Human liver transplants were first performed by Thomas Starzl in the United States and Roy Calne in Cambridge, England in 1963 and 1967, respectively. Liver transplantation is a viable treatment option for end-stage liver disease and acute liver failure....

in the september and november 2006 issues of nature clinical practice nephrology , two articles regarding living unrelated kidney donor transplantation alluded to the practices in iran. having served in the planning, supervision and implementation of various aspects of health care in iran, including organ transplantation (anh), and as transplant nephrologists who have actively participated in t...

The consequences of advocacy in nursing are critical when caring for a potential organ donor. No specific instrument has been available to measure attitudes toward organ donor advocacy. The aim of this study was to develop and psychometrically evaluate an instrument for measuring intensive and critical care (ICU) nurses' attitudes toward organ donor advocacy. The study was conducted in two stag...

Babesia microti, an intraerythrocytic parasite, is tickborne in nature. In contrast to transmission by blood transfusion, which has been well documented, transmission associated with solid organ transplantation has not been reported. We describe parasitologically confirmed cases of babesiosis diagnosed ≈8 weeks posttransplantation in 2 recipients of renal allografts from an organ donor who was ...