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It is now possible to make an online donation to the ITNS Foundation. Help us make a difference in transplant nursing by directly supporting the valuable research and education of ITNS members who strive to improve patient care in every way.
Funds are used to:
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Science Daily
Transplant surgeons at UT Southwestern Medical Center have performed the first lung transplant in Texas using donated lungs treated with new technology known as ex-vivo lung perfusion.
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Healthcare Daily Online
You’ve likely heard the phrase, “30 minutes or your pizza is free.” It was a revolutionary idea for pizza places in the 70s and 80s — their food delivery services could guarantee customer satisfaction by either delivering a steaming hot pizza, or ... by giving away cold pizzas for free. The practice incentivized speed and efficiency in delivery, and it became a hallmark of some of the country’s major food chains.
For the last 60 years, organ transport has lived by a similar code — deliver the heart, or the liver, or the kidney as soon as possible. Period. There is no flipside to that coin. No customer satisfaction guarantee. Transport the organs quickly, or they become ineffective. They die.
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EurekAlert
Creating a confidential reporting system in Canada about organ transplant tourism could help reduce the practice and disrupt international networks, argues a commentary published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Despite global laws to combat organ transplant tourism — that is, patients travelling abroad to obtain organs through commercial transactions — the practice persists and has implications for care in home countries like Canada.
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Surgeons at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have — for the first time — used an orphan drug to prevent rejection of a kidney transplanted from a living donor with a mismatched blood type.
Michelle Lee, 47, had been on dialysis for almost six months due to kidney failure from high blood pressure. When her doctors told her she would need a kidney transplant, her three sons immediately stepped up.
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By Keith Carlson
Nurses are highly respected professionals — the annual Gallup poll has demonstrated this time and again. Since we nurses may not always be able or willing to verbalize our own importance and value, it is crucial for us to find ways to empower ourselves to own our expertise and acknowledge our central role within the healthcare industry. Nurses are indeed legion. Some will say we are the very backbone, lifeblood or mitochondria of healthcare.
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The Washington Post
Bearded, bald-headed and barrel chested, Kimbo Slice was an intimidating man to meet in a cage. But outside of the Octagon, the 6-foot-2, 230-pound brawler was known for his humble heart.
That heart failed Slice on June 6, according to the South Florida Sun-Sentinal, which reported a day after the popular mixed martial artist died at the age of 42 that he was in need of a transplant.
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Health Leaders Media
Just a few decades ago, organ transplantation was still a relatively new frontier in medicine. In recent years, however, much has changed. Clinical advances, greater numbers of organ donors, changing reimbursement structures, sophisticated administrative models, and ever-tightening government regulations have led to improved healthcare outcomes, more individuals receiving transplants, and the introduction of new transplant procedures.
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Forbes
The critical issue with organ engineering outside of the body is the limited availability of human cells, a suitable matrix with the same composition and architecture of the target tissue, and the ability to maintain the viability of the organ without a blood supply. The issue of maintaining the survival of engineered organs is addressable using bioreactors and chemically-defined medium (containing cofactors, nutrients, and growth factors capable of sustaining the viability of the target cell type(s)), and researchers have explored stem cells and engineered extracellular matrices (ECMs) to address the build tissue engineered organs outside the body.
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Kaiser Health News
For the roughly 15,000 people who need a liver transplant, it’s a waiting game. With demand for donated livers far outstripping supply, patients may spend months or years on a transplant waitlist, their position in the line gradually improving as they get sicker. A recent study suggests that this system may be changing but not necessarily for the better.
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