Credit cards could be used to indicate availability of cadaver organs for transplantation

Potential availability of cadaver organs for transplantation.

OBJECTIVE To determine the potential number of cadaver kidney donors by applying defined donor criteria to people dying in hospital. DESIGN Prospective study of all deaths occurring in 21 hospitals from 1 September 1988 to 31 August 1989. Questionnaires were administered to medical and nursing staff and families of potential donors aged 1-69. SETTING Acute care hospitals in Gwent, South Gla...

Using Credit Cards to Streamline the Use of Resources

Availability of organs for transplantation: a three year study.

Records were examined of all medically eligible potential organ donors diagnosed as brain stem dead over a three-year period in the intensive care units covered by the Nottingham, England, renal transplant unit. At present 40 kidneys per million population are needed each year for transplantation in Great Britain. Of 50 kidneys per million population identified by the survey as suitable for tra...

History of Credit Cards

Unfortunately it could also be used to defraud these agencies. In the period immediately following their introduction public acceptance of credit cards was less than enthusiastic, but by 1992 there were almost 10 million major credit cards in use in Australia.2 There were also in excess of 25,000 fraudulent credit card transactions per annum. In this, then, as in so many other areas of property...

Could cannabidiol be used as an alternative to antipsychotics?

Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that affects close to 1% of the population. Individuals with this disorder often present signs such as hallucination, anxiety, reduced attention, and social withdrawal. Although antipsychotic drugs remain the cornerstone of schizophrenia treatment, they are associated with severe side effects. Recently, the endocannabinoid system (ECS) has emerged as a potenti...