Publications by authors named "Jenny Mehew"
In transplant, meaningful international comparisons in organ utilization are needed. This collaborative study between the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) aimed to develop a kidney utilization metric allowing for legitimate intercountry comparisons. Data from the UK and US transplant registries, including all deceased donor kidneys recovered from 2006 to 2017, were analyzed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The demand for lung transplantation vastly exceeds the availability of donor organs. This translates into long waiting times and high waiting list mortality. We set out to examine factors influencing patient outcomes from the time of listing for lung transplantation in the UK, examining for differences by patient characteristics, lung disease category and transplant centre.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To study the survival and patient outcome in a population of UK patients supported by an implantable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) as a bridge to heart transplantation.
Methods: Data on all adult patients (n=342) who received a HeartMate II or HVAD as a first long-term LVAD between January 2007 and 31 December 2013 were extracted from the UK Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Database in November 2015. Outcomes analysed include survival on a LVAD, time to urgent listing, heart transplantation and complications including those needing a pump exchange.
Objectives: The optimum time after brainstem death (BSD) at which to assess the function of donor hearts is unknown. We hypothesized that a longer interval may be associated with a higher transplantation rate due to improved function.
Methods: Data were obtained from the UK Transplant Registry for the period between April 2010 and March 2015.