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Major determinants of primary non function from kidney donation after Maastrich...
Gaspar, Ana; Gama, Madalena; Nobre De Jesus, Gustavo; Querido, Sara; Damas, Juliana; Oliveira, João; Neves, Marta; Santana, Alice; Ribeiro, João MiguelPurpose: Organ shortage greatly limits treatment of patients with end-stage chronic kidney. Maastricht type 2 donation after circulatory death (DCD) has been shown to have similar results in long term outcomes in kidney transplantation, when compared with brain dead donation. Our main goal was to assess Maastricht type 2 DCD and evaluate factors that impact on early graft function. Methods: A retrospective stud...
Haemodialysis for children under the age of two years
Sousa, Clemente Neves; Gama, Madalena; Andrade, Melanie; Faria, M. Sameiro; Pereira, EloiLess than 10% of children under 2 years old with end-stage renal failure in Europe and in the United States of America are treated with haemodialysis. For small children, peritoneal dialysis is often the preferred treatment. Haemodialysis is chosen for a very small number of children, and is only used in some selected centres because of its highly complex technique, the difficulties related to vascular access, ...