Donor Evaluation Tool: A New Technology Improves Donor Enrolment on ICU.

Uncertainties on the intensive care unit (ICU) regarding the eligibility of a patient to be a potential deceased organ donor may prevent their referral and enrolment in the pathway for organ donation. Healthcare staff may exclude potential donors for medical reasons, which are no longer applicable. Hence, Swisstransplant implemented a digital donor evaluation tool (DET) in 2021, which allows the local hospital's organ donation coordinator to send a direct request to medical advisors (MA) of the organ procurement organization before excluding potential donors.

Power Doppler sonography to predict the risk of surgical recurrence of Crohn's disease.

Purpose: The aim of this work is to investigate the role of power Doppler sonography as an additional predictor of surgical recurrence in Crohn's disease.

Methods: A sample of 33 patients, with ileal or ileocolonic Crohn's disease, that had underwent intestinal resection, were retrospectively enrolled. All patients had bowel ultrasonography 7-16 months after resection.

Role of bowel ultrasound as a predictor of surgical recurrence of Crohn's disease.

Background: In Crohn's disease natural history, about 80% of the patients require surgery, which is not curative: unfortunately, the disease recurs in many patients.

Objective: To investigate the role of intestinal ultrasound to predict the risk of post-operative surgical recurrence in Crohn's disease.

Material And Methods: A total of 196 patients, with ileal or ileocolonic Crohn's disease, undergoing intestinal resection, were retrospectively enrolled.