INDIVIDUALS OFTEN DECLINE TO SIGN ORGAN DONOR cards out of fear that their organs will be procured prematurely. To reassure these individuals, procurement policy in the United States allows adults’ organs to be procured only after their deaths or, in the case of nonvital organs, with their consent. Despite these limitations on the procurement of adults’ organs, many individuals still decline to...

The accurate regulation of glucose within humans is an essential feature homeostasis. It optimises energy release in the muscles and organs. Glucose rhythms driven by internal external stimuli have been physiologically observed modelled mathematically to provide a solid framework for understanding these processes qualitative quantitative manner. In this article, we review latest contribution ma...

A willing seller and buyer voluntarily agree upon the price for exchange of X dollars one Y widget. The trade satisfies some their human wants. Both parties are better off having made profitable or they would not have transacted. Once widget becomes a life-saving organ, like kidney, all bets according to present prohibition on trades between two seeking themselves through an exchange. We conten...

High accuracy and precision in reaching target locations inside the human body is necessary for the success of percutaneous procedures, such as tissue sample removal (biopsy), brachytherapy, and localized drug delivery. Flexible steerable needles may allow the surgeon to reach targets deep inside solid organs while avoiding sensitive structures (e.g. blood vessels). This article provides a syst...

BACKGROUND In recent years there has been increasing interest shown in the nonoperative management (NOM) of blunt traumatic injury. The growing use of NOM for blunt abdominal organ injury has been made possible because of the progress made in the quality and availability of the multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) scan and the development of minimally invasive intervention options such as a...

In the United States, the majority of deaths occur unexpectedly, outside hospitals or in emergency departments.1 Rarely do these deaths provide opportunities for organ donation. In Europe, unexpected deaths provide substantial numbers of transplantable organs through uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death (UDCDD).2 UDCDD considers decedents candidates for donation even w...

We report a rare case of angiosarcoma involving the gastrointestinal tract, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidney, lung and vertebrae, as well as bulky dissemination in the pleuroperitoneal membranes. A 72-year-old man with no history of illness became aware of melena. Laboratory findings revealed anemia, and upper gastrointestinal endoscopy revealed multiple reddish nodules in the stomach and duoden...

CONTEXT Solid-pseudopapillary tumors are exceedingly rare in males. They are almost exclusively encountered in young females (mean age 26 years) and have a female predominance. It is most commonly detected incidentally, but may occasionally present with sudden pain or symptoms related to compression of adjacent organs. CASE REPORT We report the case of a 12-year-old boy having a solid-pseudop...