Mandating COVID‐19 immunization for living organ donors

The objective was to analyze the diagnostic accuracy of Impaired physiological balance syndrome in potential brain-dead organ donors. It is a study of diagnostic accuracy. Data was retrospectively collected from 145 medical records through the filling out of an instrument containing 25 indicators of the nursing diagnosis (ND). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The prevalence of the ND was 77 (53.1%). The indicator with the best measures of accuracy was altered heart rate. Therefore, it has the best predictive capacity for determining the ND. It was identified that the absence of the indicators altered heart rate, hyperglycemia, and altered blood pressure is associated with the absence of the ND, while the presence of the indicators hyperthermia, hypothermia, and altered heart rhythm is associated with the presence of the ND. Accurate indicators will assist in diagnostic inference and the interventions and results will have greater chances of targeting and effectiveness.

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Lung Transplant is Feasible in Developing Countries with Severe Shortage of Organ Donors: Experiences from Vietnam

The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation ◽

10.1016/j.healun.2021.01.1041 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 40 (4) ◽

pp. S369

Author(s):

N.V. Nguyen ◽

L.V. Dinh ◽

N.T. Nguyen ◽

N.V. Nguyen ◽

T.V. Vu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Lung Transplant ◽

Organ Donors ◽

Severe Shortage

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Critical care and ventilatory management of deceased organ donors impacts lung use and recipient graft survival

American Journal of Transplantation ◽

10.1111/ajt.16719 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Elizabeth A. Swanson ◽

Madhukar S. Patel ◽

Michael P. Hutchens ◽

Claus U. Niemann ◽

Tahnee Groat ◽

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Keyword(s):

Critical Care ◽

Graft Survival ◽

Organ Donors ◽

Ventilatory Management

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Nudging to donate organs: do what you like or like what we do?

Medicine Health Care and Philosophy ◽

10.1007/s11019-021-10007-6 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Sergio Beraldo ◽

Jurgis Karpus

Keyword(s):

Public Policy ◽

Organ Donors ◽

Policy Tool ◽

Viable Solution ◽

Opt Out ◽

Cadaveric Organ ◽

Choice Policy

AbstractAn effective method to increase the number of potential cadaveric organ donors is to make people donors by default with the option to opt out. This non-coercive public policy tool to influence people’s choices is often justified on the basis of the as-judged-by-themselves principle: people are nudged into choosing what they themselves truly want. We review three often hypothesized reasons for why defaults work and argue that the as-judged-by-themselves principle may hold only in two of these cases. We specify further conditions for when the principle can hold in these cases and show that whether those conditions are met is often unclear. We recommend ways to expand nationwide surveys to identify the actual reasons for why defaults work and discuss mandated choice policy as a viable solution to many arising conundrums.

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Contrasted Epidemiological Patterns of West Nile Virus Lineages 1 and 2 Infections in France from 2015 to 2019

Pathogens ◽

10.3390/pathogens9110908 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. 908 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Cécile Beck ◽

Isabelle Leparc Goffart ◽

Florian Franke ◽

Gaelle Gonzalez ◽

Marine Dumarest ◽

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Keyword(s):

Spatial Distribution ◽

West Nile Virus ◽

Invasive Disease ◽

Northern Italy ◽

Breaking Point ◽

Organ Donors ◽

West Nile ◽

Organ Donations ◽

History Of ◽

Lineage 2

Since 2015, annual West Nile virus (WNV) outbreaks of varying intensities have been reported in France. Recent intensification of enzootic WNV circulation was observed in the South of France with most horse cases detected in 2015 (n = 49), 2018 (n = 13), and 2019 (n = 13). A WNV lineage 1 strain was isolated from a horse suffering from West Nile neuro-invasive disease (WNND) during the 2015 episode in the Camargue area. A breaking point in WNV epidemiology was achieved in 2018, when WNV lineage 2 emerged in Southeastern areas. This virus most probably originated from WNV spread from Northern Italy and caused WNND in humans and the death of diurnal raptors. WNV lineage 2 emergence was associated with the most important human WNV epidemics identified so far in France (n = 26, including seven WNND cases and two infections in blood and organ donors). Two other major findings were the detection of WNV in areas with no or limited history of WNV circulation (Alpes-Maritimes in 2018, Corsica in 2018–2019, and Var in 2019) and distinct spatial distribution of human and horse WNV cases. These new data reinforce the necessity to enhance French WNV surveillance to better anticipate future WNV epidemics and epizootics and to improve the safety of blood and organ donations.

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