This special issue is dedicated to the common challenge topics in pediatric transplantation. It contains 11 chapters, ranging from clinical research in pediatric transplantation to translational research (from bench to bedside). It includes comprehensive reviews from renowned scientists, clinicians and surgeons from five countries from the International Pediatric Transplantation Association (IP...

INTRODUCTION The basic principle of patient's chemotherapy is that its performance is rational, safe and of high quality. In order to rationalize the whole process, the Transfusiology Committee has decided to introduce the Type and Screen method (typifying of blood types and screening of antibodies) in pre-transfusion testing in General Hospital "Dorde Joanovic" in Zrenjanin. The method represe...

Since 2008, kidney exchange in America has grown in part from the incorporation of nondirected donors in transplant chains rather than simple exchanges. It is controversial whether these chains should be performed simultaneously 'domino-paired donation', (DPD) or nonsimultaneously 'nonsimultaneous extended altruistic donor, chains (NEAD). NEAD chains create 'bridge donors' whose incompatible re...

AANA Journal  June 2016  Vol. 84, No. 3 155 On Combat Anesthesia To the editor: I was reading the article on combat anesthesia, August 2015, Vol 83, No 4, pages 247-253. There is a comment in the article on page 251, about Role VI care; I believe the authors meant to state Role IV care. Also, in the paragraph on page 250: “In the military, nearly everyone knows his or her blood type; it is on...

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background: the abo blood types are thought to affect the roots of human behavior and act as a predictor of individuals’ personality. the present study aimed to evaluate the relationship between personality factors and the abo blood group. methods: this cross-sectional study used quota, convenience sampling to select 160 students from shahid beheshti university of medical sciences (tehran, iran...

there are reports from different countries that some types of glaucoma are associated with blood groups. this cross-sectional study was performed on 400 glaucomatous patients [100 patients in each group of primary open angle glaucoma (poag), chronic angle closure glaucoma (cacg), pseudoexfoliative glaucoma (pexg) and primary congenital glaucoma (pcg)] and 400 blood donors as control group to as...