| Autor: |
N R, Frühauf, R, Köditz, K, Radecke, M, Malagó, H, Lang, C E, Broelsch |
| Jazyk: |
němčina |
| Rok vydání: |
2004 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen. 75(7) |
| ISSN: |
0009-4722 |
| Popis: |
Despite considerable advances following the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy, organ transplantation is usually denied categorically for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients, and it is presented in German transplantation law as a contraindication. Today, this should be questioned critically.A survey at all 87 German transplant centres was done concerning (1) how many HIV-positive patients were transplanted before and after February 2000, (2) willingness of the centres to transplant HIV-infected patients in the future, and (3) course of transplanted HIV patients so far.With a response rate of 78%, 39% of the questioned centres were accepting HIV patients in the future for transplantation, and 39% rejected this. Twenty percent voted for individual case decision. Three centres had practiced liver transplantation in 11 patients.The decision to transplant HIV-positive patients in Germany is mostly based on individual cases and not refused in general. However, prospective studies on this issue are justified and needed. |
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