'Organ allocation' presentation slideshows

United Network for Organ Sharing

United Network for Organ Sharing. The Problem. Demand. Supply. Waiting List as of Oct. 9, 2009. 81,884 patients waiting for a kidney transplant. 15,944 patients waiting for a liver transplant. 1,496 patients waiting for a pancreas transplant.

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United Network for Organ Sharing

United Network for Organ Sharing. The Problem. Demand. Supply. Waiting List as of Oct. 9, 2009. 81,884 patients waiting for a kidney transplant. 15,944 patients waiting for a liver transplant. 1,496 patients waiting for a pancreas transplant.

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Transplant Benefit-Based Liver Allocation

Transplant Benefit-Based Liver Allocation. Robert M. Merion, MD, FACS OPTN/UNOS Liver Forum Atlanta, GA April 12, 2010. Outline. Introduction: organ allocation schemes Transplant Benefit Score Comparison to MELD Score Simulation results: LSAM

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Challenges to Research and Innovation to Optimize Deceased Donor Organ Quality and Quantity

Challenges to Research and Innovation to Optimize Deceased Donor Organ Quality and Quantity. Peter Abt, MD Sandy Feng, MD PhD American Society of Transplant Surgeons August 28, 2012. Organ Quantity Limits Transplant Opportunities. P rimary limitation to transplantation

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The Market for Human Organs

The Market for Human Organs. Sandra Abdelmalak Stephanie Chen Jenny Young. HOW would this market work?. Like markets for semen, human eggs, and surrogate wombs. Free market sales by living donors sales of future interests in organs to be removed on the death of the donors

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The Market for Human Organs

The Market for Human Organs. Sandra Abdelmalak Stephanie Chen Jenny Young. HOW would this market work?. Like markets for semen, human eggs, and surrogate wombs. Free market sales by living donors sales of future interests in organs to be removed on the death of the donors

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The Market for Human Organs

The Market for Human Organs. Sandra Abdelmalak Stephanie Chen Jenny Young. HOW would this market work?. Like markets for semen, human eggs, and surrogate wombs. Free market sales by living donors sales of future interests in organs to be removed on the death of the donors

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Donor in Slovenian hospital: coordination of organ donation

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Values and Values Education in Economics

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Draft Organ Allocation Criteria

Draft Organ Allocation Criteria. Factors affecting Allocation. Medical need Length of waiting time: time a illness progressed to a point when transplant would be of immediate benefit Medical urgency: more imp. In liver and heart Capacity to benefit Donor/recipient matching

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OPTN/UNOS Ethics Committee

OPTN/UNOS Ethics Committee. Fall 2013 Update. Guidance to the OPTN/UNOS Executive Committee (June 2013).

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