More Organs Now Obtained Via Donation After Circulatory Death
(MedPage Today) -- Organ donation after circulatory death (DCD) now accounts for nearly half of all deceased organ donors in ...
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CMS Makes Push to Maximize Donor Organs, Even the Imperfect Ones
(MedPage Today) -- Organs from medically complex donors would get more use as part of a proposed rule for greater ...
An 11-year-old needed two new organs and doctors made history
In a rare and historic achievement, Children’s Hospital Colorado successfully completed its first dual heart and liver transplant in a ...
Variation in transplant centers' use of less-than-ideal organs
In 2010-2016, many US transplant centers commonly accepted deceased donor kidneys with less desirable characteristics. The use of these organs ...
Liver transplant patients who receive organs from living donors more likely to survive than those who receive organs from deceased donors
Research derived from early national experience of liver transplantation has shown that deceased donor liver transplants offered recipients better survival ...