916 Pretransplant biopsy in expanded criteria donors. Do we really need it?

Pretransplant biopsy in expanded criteria donors: do we really need it?

INTRODUCTION Renal transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal disease, including when using expanded criteria donors (ECD) kidneys. However, these suboptimal kidneys should be evaluated rigorously to meet their usefulness. Opinions differ about the best way to evaluate them. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed kidneys from ECD harvested by a single academic instit...

Transfusion practice in orthopedic patients: do we really need it?

OBJECTIVE To determine the proportion of inappropriate transfusions in patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery at a tertiary care university hospital, and factors associated with inappropriate transfusions. METHODS The prospective study was conducted at Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from December 2008 to September 2009, and comprised patients admitted to the Orthopaedic Department an...

The Asian Nuclear Medicine Board; Why Do We Need It?

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Do We Really Need Consultants?

vitamin and mineral supplements: do we really need them?

in the united states, 40 – 50% of the men and women 50 years of age or older regularly use multivitamin/mineral (mvm) supplements, making the annual sales of these supplements over $11 billion. however, the question remains whether using mvm supplements is beneficial to health. this article reviews the results of randomized studies of mvm supplements and individual vitamins/mineral supplements ...