Organ donation in the paediatric intensive care unit: Time for change?
Organ transplantation remains the definitive treatment option for improving the lives of patients with end-stage organ failure. To our knowledge, the first solid organ transplantation performed in Singapore in July 1970 involved a kidney from a deceased donor.1 Since then, rapid advancements in bot...
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Organ transplantation remains the definitive treatment option for improving the lives of patients with end-stage organ failure. To our knowledge, the first solid organ transplantation performed in Singapore in July 1970 involved a kidney from a deceased donor.1 Since then, rapid advancements in both transplant surgery and immunosuppressive medical therapy have enabled solid organ transplantation to better meet the increasing demands of a growing Singapore population with end-organ diseases. Yet, the supply of donor organs lags behind the demand.2 |
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| spelling | doaj-art-74cc37becf2f4c3380a62fea1e9733882025-02-03T10:45:51ZengAcademy of Medicine SingaporeAnnals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore2972-40662024-01-015411210.47102/annals-acadmedsg.202514Organ donation in the paediatric intensive care unit: Time for change?Kristy Xinghan FuSze Lyn Jasmin Jeanette TanNe-Hooi Will Loh Organ transplantation remains the definitive treatment option for improving the lives of patients with end-stage organ failure. To our knowledge, the first solid organ transplantation performed in Singapore in July 1970 involved a kidney from a deceased donor.1 Since then, rapid advancements in both transplant surgery and immunosuppressive medical therapy have enabled solid organ transplantation to better meet the increasing demands of a growing Singapore population with end-organ diseases. Yet, the supply of donor organs lags behind the demand.2https://annals.edu.sg/organ-donation-in-the-paediatric-intensive-care-unit-time-for-change |
| spellingShingle | Kristy Xinghan Fu Sze Lyn Jasmin Jeanette Tan Ne-Hooi Will Loh Organ donation in the paediatric intensive care unit: Time for change? Annals, Academy of Medicine, Singapore |
| title | Organ donation in the paediatric intensive care unit: Time for change? |
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| title_short | Organ donation in the paediatric intensive care unit: Time for change? |
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