Publications by authors named "S Mihaly"

The primary aim of this study was to describe regulations and practices concerning the family approach to discuss donation, specifically after the neurological determination of death, one of the most challenging steps in the donation pathway. A secondary objective was to assess the impact of legislation on consent rates for organ donation. The Council of Europe surveyed 39 member states about national regulations, practices, and consent rates; 34 replied.

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  • - The study analyzed kidney transplantation (KT) trends across 40 European countries from 2010 to 2018, focusing on total, deceased donor (DD), and living donor (LD) rates using data from the ERA Registry and GODT databases.
  • - Overall, the total KT rate rose by 1.9% annually, with increases in both DD-KT (3.4 p.m.p.) and LD-KT (1.5 p.m.p.), but significant variations were noted among different countries, particularly between East and West Europe.
  • - By 2018, Spain reported the highest DD-KT rate at 64.6 p.m.p., while Turkey had the highest LD-KT rate at
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Background: Pituitary dysfunction after brainstem death can cause various hormone deficiencies in potential heart donors. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between hormone replacement therapy (HRT; including antidiuretic hormone analog, thyroid hormone, and methylprednisolone) in heart donors and the recipients' outcomes after heart transplantation (HTx).

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed HTxs performed between January 2012 and October 2018.

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Unlabelled: Összefoglaló. Bevezetés: A SARS-CoV-2-világjárvány terjedése drasztikus változásokat okozott a mindennapi betegellátásban, amelyek érintették a szervadományozás és -átültetés területét is, így csökkent az élő és az elhunyt donorokból történő donációk és transzplantációk száma világszerte. Az esetszám csökkenése mellett a transzplantált és egyben immunszupprimált betegek védelme érdekében további biztonsági intézkedéseket kellett bevezetni.

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