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Organ Shortage: The Solutions

Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, 13–15 June 1994

Part of the book series: Transplantation and Clinical Immunology (TRAC, volume 26)

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Table of contents (83 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
  2. Organ shortage in various countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. How severe is organ shortage in Eurotransplant?

      • G. G. Persijn, J. de Meester, B. Cohen
      Pages 3-10
    3. Is there a shortage of organs in Argentina?

      • Pablo M. Raffaele
      Pages 19-26
    4. Disappointing rate of altruism in the population

      • G. Schütt, G. Duncker
      Pages 49-52
  3. Expanding the donor pool

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 53-53
    2. Organ procurement from non-heart-beating donors

      • Jan-Willem Daemen, Yin Ming, Gauke Kootstra
      Pages 55-60
    3. Total body cooling for organ procurement

      • R. Valero, M. Manyalich, C. Cabrer, L. Salvador, L. C. Garcia-Fages
      Pages 67-72
    4. The living donor program in Scandinavia

      • U. Backman, D. Albrechtsen, H. Løkkegaard, K. Saalmela
      Pages 73-76
    5. Pancreas transplants from living related donors

      • Rainer W. G. Gruessner, John S. Najarian, Angelika C. Gruessner, David E. R. Sutherland
      Pages 77-83
    6. Expanding the donor supply by using high risk donors: the use of pulsatile kidney perfusion for evaluation of high risk kidney donors

      • Raymond J. Tesi, Elmahdi A. Elkhammas, Elizabeth A. Davies, Mitchell L. Henry, Ronald M. Ferguson
      Pages 85-92
    7. Relative effect of HLA matching and cold ischemia time

      • Joyce Yuge, Paul I. Terasaki
      Pages 93-97
    8. Are kidneys of very young donors suitable for transplantation?

      • P. Cochat, L. Dubourg, A. Hadj-Aïssa, M. Dawahra, M. H. Saïd, L. David
      Pages 99-102
    9. Organ procurement from cadaveric children

      • H. Nivet, C. H. Cheliakine, S. Benoit, G. Deschênes, Y. Lebranchu, The Teams of Hôpital G. De Clocheville
      Pages 103-109
    10. Influence of donor age on the result of heart transplantation

      • G. Dureau, J. P. Gare, M. Chuzel, O. Jegaden, J. F. Obadia, J. F. Chassignolle et al.
      Pages 111-119

About this book

Organ Shortage: The Solutions is the latest subject in the Continuing Education series, organized by Fondation Marcel Mérieux and Université Claude Bernard in Lyon.
The annual subject is chosen to reflect the status of the topical issues of the year, as taught by leading international experts. The contribution of transplantation and clinical immunology to advanced medicine is considerable and promising. The annual volumes in this series keep the reader abreast of these developments.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Pavillon P, Hopital Edouard Herriot, Lyon 3, France

    J. L. Touraine, J. M. Dubernard

  • Aural, Lyon, France

    J. Traeger

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Organ Shortage: The Solutions

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Transplantation and Clinical Immunology, 13–15 June 1994

  • Editors: J. L. Touraine, J. Traeger, H. Bétuel, J. M. Dubernard, J. P. Revillard, C. Dupuy

  • Series Title: Transplantation and Clinical Immunology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0201-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3179-7Published: 30 April 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-4091-4Published: 14 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0201-8Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 381

  • Topics: Nephrology, Transplant Surgery, Immunology

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eBook USD 39.99
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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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