Nephrology, dialysis, transplantation : official publication of the European Dialysis and Transplant Association - European Renal Association
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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. · Jun 2010
Transient azotaemia is associated with a high risk of death in hospitalized patients.
There are no suitably powered epidemiological studies of 'transient azotaemia' (TA). The objective of this study was to describe the epidemiology of TA and its independent association with hospital mortality. We hypothesized that TA would be associated with an independent increase in the risk of death. ⋯ Transient azotaemia is common in hospital patients, represents close to a third of all cases of AKI and is independently associated with a significantly higher risk of death.
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Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. · Jun 2010
Organ donation performance in the Netherlands 2005-08; medical record review in 64 hospitals.
The Netherlands has a low number of deceased organ donors per million population. As long as there is a shortage of suitable organs, the need to evaluate the donor potential is crucial. Only in this way can bottlenecks in the organ donation process be detected and measures subsequently taken to further improve donation procedures. ⋯ This study showed that the maximal number of potential organ donors is about three times higher than the number of effective organ donors. The main reason accounting for approximately 60% of the potential donor losses was the high family refusal rate. The year 2007 showed that a higher percentage of deceased organ donors can be procured from the pool of potential donors. All improvements should focus on decreasing the unacceptably high family refusal rates.