BACKGROUND Given the unpredictable timing of deceased donor organs and the need for blood transfusion, this study was carried out to determine the rate and risk factors for transfusion in order to identifying a low-risk cohort in the face of a critical blood shortage. METHODS This retrospective chart review examined 306 consecutive deceased solitary kidney transplant recipients from January 2...

Solid organ transplantation is encumbered by an increasing number of waitlisted patients unrequited by the current organ supply. Preclinical models suggest that advances in deceased donor management and treatment can increase the quantity and quality of organs available for transplantation. However, the science of donor intervention and the execution of high quality, prospective, multi-center, ...

Currently, patients awaiting deceased-donor liver transplantation are prioritized by medical urgency. Specifically, wait-listed chronic liver failure patients are sequenced in decreasing order of Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score. To maximize lifetime gained through liver transplantation, posttransplant survival should be considered in prioritizing liver waiting list candidates. We...

Deceased-donor liver transplantation (DDLT) is an effective life-saving treatment for liver failure and small unresectable hepatocellular carcinomas, but is hindered by the limited supply of liver grafts, particularly in Asia.1 Living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has emerged swiftly as the alternative.2 Technical breakthroughs in liver transplantation are often widely covered by the mass ...

This paper provides an econometric analysis of the relationship between live and deceased (cadaveric) kidney donations for the United States for the period 1992:IV through 2006:II. We find strong evidence for deceased donor kidneys "crowding out" living donations, potentially undermining conventional efforts to reduce the shortage. We also find evidence for the "dirty altruism" hypothesis of Os...