conclusions the results demonstrated that the mortality rate was higher in cf patients with a positive family history, a consanguineous marriage, and residence in a rural area. therefore, demographic factors play an important role in the outcome of cystic fibrosis. unfortunately, these parameters, which can be managed easily and with low cost, have been overlooked. patients and methods this was...

conclusions we found acceptable short-term survival in both groups; however, living donor recipients continue to have better long-term patient and graft survival rates. results although there were no significant differences in one-year survival rates of patient and graft between study groups, three-years survival rates of patient and graft were significantly longer in living donor kidney transp...

BACKGROUND Much remains to be done to facilitate the transplantation process for patients with end-stage renal disease. The aim here was to explore these patients' experiences of the donation process and factors related to whether the actual donors of the recipients were living or deceased and describe which issues needed attention in a quality development project. METHOD A specially construc...

There are about 100,000 people on the waiting list for a deceased donor– kidney transplant in the United States, a number that grows from year to year despite advances that have increased the availability of kidney transplantation. About 36,000 patients joined the waiting list in 2013, though only about 11,000 deceased donor transplants were performed, along with about 6000 transplants from liv...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to evaluate and analyze the results of liver transplants from living and deceased donors in Saudi Arabia. MATERIALS AND METHODS We performed a retrospective study from the National Registry reported to the Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation on 616 living donors and deceased donors between 2004 and 2010. Data included donors ' characteristics and accepta...

BACKGROUND There are growing numbers of patients with end-stage renal disease globally at an unexpected rate. Today, the most serious challenge in transplantation is organ shortage; hence, using deceased donor is increasingly encouraged. OBJECTIVES The aim of the study was to investigate the differences in survival rates between kidney transplant recipients with deceased donor and living dono...

OBJECTIVE To determine risk factors for death in HIV-infected African patients on anti-retroviral therapy (ART). DESIGN Retrospective Case-control study. SETTING The MOH-USAID-AMPATH Partnership ambulatory HIV-care clinics in western Kenya. RESULTS Between November 2001 and December 2005 demographic, clinical and laboratory data from 527 deceased and 1054 living patients receiving ART wer...