Addressing the ethical challenges of providing kidney failure care for children: a global stance

P Pais, A Wightman - Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Children with kidney failure require kidney replacement therapy (KRT), namely maintenance
dialysis and kidney transplant. Adequate kidney failure care consists of KRT or conservative …

Performance of serum creatinine and kidney injury biomarkers for diagnosing histologic acute tubular injury

DG Moledina, IE Hall, H Thiessen-Philbrook… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Background The diagnosis of acute kidney injury (AKI), which is currently defined as an
increase in serum creatinine (Scr) concentration, provides little information on the condition's …

Regulated compensation for kidney donors in the Philippines

BS Padilla - Current opinion in organ transplantation, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The experience in the Philippines mirrored those in India and Pakistan where paid donors
reported poor outcomes. An effective national kidney disease prevention program and the …

Prevalence and modifiable factors for holistic non-adherence in renal transplant patients: a cross-sectional study

M Torres-Gutiérrez, V Burgos-Camacho… - Patient preference …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction In renal transplant recipients, compliance with medical therapy is vital. Non-
adherence is considered a risk factor for worst outcomes in kidney recipients, with attributed …

Detection of infiltrating fibroblasts by single-cell transcriptomics in human kidney allografts

H Suryawanshi, H Yang, M Lubetzky, P Morozov… - PLoS …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
We tested the hypothesis that single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of human
kidney allograft biopsies will reveal distinct cell types and states and yield insights to …

An analysis of the emerging role of social media in human trafficking: Examples from labour and human organ trading

C Fraser - International Journal of Development Issues, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose This paper aims to explore the relationship between human trafficking brokers and
trafficking victims by using examples from both the international labour and human organ …

Impact of legal measures prevent transplant tourism: the interrelated experience of The Philippines and Israel

B Padilla, GM Danovitch, J Lavee - Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy, 2013 - Springer
We describe the parallel changes that have taken place in recent years in two countries,
Israel and The Philippines, the former once an “exporter” of transplant tourists and the latter …

Transplant tourism in China: a tale of two transplants

R Rhodes, T Schiano - The American Journal of Bioethics, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The use of organs obtained from executed prisoners in China has recently been condemned
by every major transplant organization. The government of the People's Republic of China …

Impact of sensitization and ABO blood types on the opportunity of deceased-donor kidney transplantation with prolonged waiting time

JH Lee, TY Koo, JE Lee, KH Oh, BS Kim, J Yang - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The waiting time to deceased-donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) is long in Asian
countries. We investigated the impact of sensitization and ABO blood type (ABO) on DDKT …

[PDF][PDF] Ethical perspectives on living donor organ transplantation in Asia

AM Concejero, CL Chen - Liver transplantation, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Live donors are a continuing source of organ grafts for solid organ transplantation in Asia.
Ethical issues surrounding the development of living donor organ transplantation in Eastern …