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Aghaei Hashjin A, Bagherzadeh R, Faraji A, Rouzbahani M, Farrokhi P. Evaluating Primary Healthcare Quality from Migrants and Refugees' Viewpoint. Med J Islam Repub Iran 2024; 38:12. [PMID: 38586498 PMCID: PMC10999009 DOI: 10.47176/mjiri.38.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2024] Open
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Background The likelihood of poor health outcomes for refugees is increased due to a variety of complicated causes. Lack of access to high-quality care during resettlement is frequently cited by migrants. Therefore, this study was carried out to assess the quality of primary care services from the perspective of refugees and migrants. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in three health networks affiliated with Iran University of Medical Sciences in 2021. Data were collected by using a self-administrative questionnaire, the validity and reliability of which were checked and confirmed. The questionnaires were randomly completed by 280 migrants and refugees. Data were analyzed by using Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney U, Spearman correlation, exploratory factor analysis, and Cronbach's α with SPSS 22. Results According to the results, the overall service quality was 3.86 out of 5. The highest and lowest mean scores were related to efficiency (4.12 ±0.64) and tangibility (3.28 ±0.39). Furthermore, there was a significant relationship between the perception of service quality and gender, education, residence area, and the rate of center visits (P < 0.05). Conclusion The quality of services was generally rated favorably by the refugees. Managers and decision-makers are recommended to allocate enough funds to equip and upgrade the amenities at health centers to increase the quality of services.
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- Asgar Aghaei Hashjin
- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Health Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran
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- Department of Health Management, Policy and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Management, Policy and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Farrokhi P, Zarei E, Bagherzadeh R, Irannejad B, Hashjin AA. Development and validation of primary health care quality assessment tool. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:1156. [PMID: 37885033 PMCID: PMC10601108 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10162-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 10/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Assessing the quality of health services gives insights to managers about the status of services delivered by them, especially from the client's perspective. Although various tools have been developed to measure the quality of primary health care (PHC), no specific tool was found in this field in Iran. Therefore, the present study was conducted to develop and validate the quality assessment tool of PHC in Iran. METHODS This methodological study was conducted in 2021. In the first step, based on a literature review, an initial questionnaire was designed, and its face validity, content validity, construct validity, and reliability were evaluated. Descriptive tests, Kolmogorov-Smirnov, exploratory factor analysis, Kaiser-Myer-Olkin (KMO), and Cronbach's alpha were performed by using SPSS 22. RESULTS The initial questionnaire included 33 items, of which three items were removed due to inconsistency with factorization. The final questionnaire consisted of 30 items and nine dimensions: interaction, efficiency, timeliness, accuracy, consultation, tangibility, safety, accessibility, and environment. The KMO and Cronbach's alpha index values were 0.734 and 0.82, respectively, indicating acceptable reliability and validity. The developed dimensions represented about 73% of the total variance. CONCLUSION The designed questionnaire has relatively good validity and reliability and can be used to measure the quality of PHC and to identify weaknesses in service delivery. However, researchers should carefully examine it to enhance its applicability as a standard tool for measuring PHC quality.
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- Pouria Farrokhi
- Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Service Management, School of Management and Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Farrokhi P, Bagherzadeh R, Arab-Zozani M, Zarei E. Assessing the quality of hospital outpatient services in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Health Serv Res 2023; 23:508. [PMID: 37202760 PMCID: PMC10193716 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09506-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Quality healthcare services are considered one of the most effective vehicles for healthcare managers to achieve organizational goals. Therefore, this study aimed to combine the findings of comparable studies to identify consistencies and contradictions in the quality of outpatient services in Iran. METHODS The current systematic review and meta-analysis study was conducted in 2022 according to PRISMA guideline. All relevant English and Persian studies were searched in databases, including Web of Sciences, PubMed, Scopus, Scientific Information Database, and Magiran. No year restriction was applied. The quality of the studies was assessed by the 22-item Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist. The meta-analysis was conducted by using Open Meta Analyst, and between-study heterogeneity was investigated with I-squared statistic. RESULTS Of the 106 retrieved articles, seven studies with a total sample size of 2600 were included in the meta-analysis. The pooled estimate of mean for overall perception was 3.95 (95% CI: 3.34- 4.55, P< 0.001, I2= 99.97), while the pooled estimate of the mean for the overall expectation was 4.43 (95% CI: 4.11- 4.75, P< 0.001, I2= 99.93). The highest and lowest perception mean scores were related to tangibility (3.52, Gap= -0.86) and responsiveness (3.30, Gap= -1.04) dimensions. CONCLUSION Responsiveness was identified as the weakest dimension. Therefore, managers are recommended to design suitable workforce-development programs which focus on the provision of timely and prompt services, polite and courteous interactions with patients, and prioritization of patients' needs. Moreover, training public sector practitioners along with incentives can fill up the existing gaps.
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- Pouria Farrokhi
- Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- English Department, School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Social Determinants of Health Research Center, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
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- Department of Health Service Management, School of Management and Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Farrokhi P, Aryankhesal A, Bagherzadeh R, Aghaei Hashjin A. Evaluation of outpatient service quality: What do patients and providers think? International Journal of Healthcare Management 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/20479700.2022.2110195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/14/2022]
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- Pouria Farrokhi
- Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Abbasi-Moghaddam MA, Zarei E, Bagherzadeh R, Dargahi H, Farrokhi P. Evaluation of service quality from patients' viewpoint. BMC Health Serv Res 2019; 19:170. [PMID: 30876453 PMCID: PMC6420766 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-019-3998-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Measuring patients’ perception from health service quality as an important element in the assessment of service quality has attracted much attention in recent years. Therefore, this study was conducted to find out how the patients evaluated service quality of clinics at teaching hospitals affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Iran. Methods This cross-sectional study was conducted in Tehran in 2017 and 400 patients were randomly selected from four hospitals. Data were collected using a questionnaire, the validity and reliability of which were confirmed in previous study. In order to analyze the data, T-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation coefficient were calculated using SPSS 23. Results The results indicated that among eight dimensions of health service quality, the patients were more satisfied with physician consultation, services costs and admission process. The highest and lowest mean scores were related to physician consultation (Mean = 4.17), and waiting time (Mean = 2.64), in that order. The total mean score of service quality was 3.73 (± 0.51) out of 5. Outpatient services were assessed as good, moderate and weak by 57.5, 40 and 2.5% of the patients, respectively. There was a significant relationship between the positive perception of service quality and reason for admission, source of recommendation, gender, education level, health status, and waiting time in the clinics (p < 0.05). Conclusion The majority of the patients had a positive experience with visiting clinics and perceived service provision as good. In fact, patients’ perceptions of physician consultation, provision of information to patients and the environment of delivering services, are the most important determinants of service quality in clinics.
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- Mohammad Ali Abbasi-Moghaddam
- Department of Health Care Management, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Health Service Management, School of Management and Medical Education, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Health Information Management Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Health Management and Information Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Farrokhi P. Physiopathologie du malaise vagal pendant et après le don. Transfus Clin Biol 2013. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tracli.2013.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Machover D, Delmas-Marsalet B, Misra SC, Gumus Y, Goldschmidt E, Schilf A, Frénoy N, Emile JF, Debuire B, Guettier C, Farrokhi P, Boulefdaoui B, Norol F, Parquet N, Ulusakarya A, Jasmin C. Dexamethasone, high-dose cytarabine, and oxaliplatin (DHAOx) as salvage treatment for patients with initially refractory or relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Ann Oncol 2001; 12:1439-43. [PMID: 11762817 DOI: 10.1023/a:1012501305214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Dexamethasone. cytarabine (ara-C), and cisplatin (DHAP) can be used effectively to treat patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL). We hypothesized that substitution of cisplatin by oxaliplatin (L-OHP) could result in less toxicity and greater efficacy. L-OHP is active in patients with lymphoma. It produces mild myelosuppression and is devoid of renal toxicity. We report on a phase II study of dexamethasone, high-dose ara-C, and L-OHP (DHAOx) used to treat patients with NHL who were previously treated with chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Fifteen patients were given DHAOx. They had failed to achieve a CR with initial chemotherapy or had recurrent disease. DHAOx consisted of dexamethasone, 40 mg/day (days 1 to 4): L-OHP, 130 mg/m2 (day 1); and ara-C, 2,000 mg/m2 every 12 h (day 2). Treatment was repeated every 21 days. RESULTS Patients received a median of four courses of DHAOx. Myelosuppression and transient sensory peripheral neuropathy were the most prominent toxic effects. Serum creatinine levels did not increase in patients with normal renal function, nor in patients who had renal impairment before DHAOx. The median follow-up time from the start of DHAOx treatment was 17 months. Eight patients (53%) achieved a CR, and three patients (20%) had a PR. Responses were achieved by patients with lymphomas of various histologies that included mainly the follicular subtype, and by patients with and without resistance to prior chemotherapy. None of the eight responders have relapsed from CR at 4+. 6+, 14+, 15+, 19+, 20+, 24+, and 24+ months. They had various types of therapy after DHAOx. Disappearance of molecular markers was observed in all four patients who achieved a CR and whose tumor cells carried molecular abnormalities. CONCLUSION DHAOx possesses characteristics of toxicity which compare favorably to those reported with DHAP, and it is useful as a salvage treatment for patients with NHL. Larger studies are required to establish the therapeutic potential of the regimen.
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- D Machover
- Department of Hematology and Oncology and the Institut du Cancer et d'Immunogénétique (ICIG), Hospital Paul Brousse, Villejuif, France.
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Farrokhi P, Farahmand H, Bismuth A, Suarez C, Ducot B, Gillon MC, Debat P, Laskowski P, Pinon F. How to stabilize the level of ionized calcium and citrate during plateletpheresis. Vox Sang 2000; 74:7-12. [PMID: 9481853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Citrate reactions are uncomfortable and potentially dangerous to apheresis donors. Reduction of citrate increases comfort, but may lead to platelet clumping. MATERIALS AND METHODS We describe a protocol for stepwise reduction of the volume of ACD-A injected during plateletpheresis. This protocol has been carried out in 45 healthy donors with the Cobe 2997 (Cobe) cell separator, and in 35 with the Fenwal-CS 3000 (CS). RESULTS Using this protocol, during the first hour of platelet collection, ionised calcium decreased on average by 18% for CS and by 18.4% for Cobe. During the second hour, Ca2+ and citrate ion concentration did not change with either Cobe or CS (about 65% of citrate ion load is eliminated). We observed mild signs of neuromuscular hyperexcitability in only 22% and 28% of donors with Cobe and CS, respectively. We also found a significant reduction of phosphate ions (p < 0.0001) at the end of the procedures. CONCLUSIONS With this stepdown citrate reduction protocol, we obtained a significant reduction of injected citrate without the complication of platelet clumps.
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- P Farrokhi
- Etablissement de Transfusion Sanguine de l'AP-HP, Paris, France
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Debat P, Arulnaden JL, Bismuth A, Farrokhi P, Samuel D, Bismuth H. Incidence de l'immunisation anti-érythrocytaire du donneur sur le transplanté hépatique. Transfus Clin Biol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1246-7820(98)80397-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Farrokhi P, Bismuth A, Samuel D, Arulnaden JL, Debat P, Farahmand H, Saliba F, Ichai P, Bismuth H. P3-4 Traitement des hépatites fulminantes par le foie bio-artificiel. Transfus Clin Biol 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s1246-7820(98)80044-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Farrokhi P, Farahmand H, Bismuth A, Suarez C, Ducot B, Gillon MC, Debat P, Laskowski P, Pinon F. How to Stabilize the Level of lonized Calcium and Citrate during Plateletpheresis. Vox Sang 1998. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1423-0410.1998.7410007.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Bismuth A, Arulnaden JL, Samuel D, David MF, Pichon F, Mathieu D, Farahmand H, Farrokhi P, Feray C, Brechot C. [Relapse prevention in liver transplant patients treated for liver involvement due to hepatitis B virus]. Rev Fr Transfus Hemobiol 1992; 35:107-23. [PMID: 1637419 DOI: 10.1016/s1140-4639(05)80111-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Controversy surrounds the indication of liver transplantation in patients with hepatitis B virus infection. The major problem is the very high risk of infection of the graft. Some investigators have suggested that the presence of HBsAg is a contraindication to liver transplantation. Between February 1975 and December 1990, 178 HBs positive patients were transplanted at Paul Brousse Hospital in Professor H. Bismuth's Department, 137 for post hepatitis cirrhosis and 41 for fulminant hepatitis. Since April 1984 we have decided long term immunoprophylactic therapy for all patients with HBs infection. But only from August 1987 our supply of purified anti HBs immunoglobulin has been adequate to treat all our patients according to the following protocol: 10.000 IU during the peroperative phase, 10.000 IU immediately after intervention, 10.000 IU every day for the first 6 days, 10.000 IU when the anti HBs levels were under 150 IU/l. One hundred thirty-nine patients were treated by this method. 110 cleared HBs antigen from their sera and their liver were biologically and histologically free of B virus infection. 29 patients showed reappearance of HBs antigen in their sera and nearly all of them developed objective, histologically confirmed, graft lesions. These lesions are those of classical infection: acute hepatitis, active chronic hepatitis and cirrhosis. So 79% of patients were successfully treated with a follow up of 45 months to 6 months. We also studied the prognostic factors under treatment. The study shows: in the case of fulminant hepatitis, 93% success versus 77% in post hepatitis cirrhosis; in the case of Delta superinfection, 94% success versus 66% with pure B infection; in the absence of HBVDNA in the patient's sera before transplantation, 92% success versus 20% in the presence of HBVDNA. For a better understanding of the overall results, the two following parameters have to be considered: some patients relapsed after stopping their treatment, some other patients, despite repositivation of HBs antigen in their sera showed a paradoxal good evolution. These considerations enable us to obtain HBVDNA positive patients: 10% success, HBVDNA negative patients: Fulminant hepatitis: 100% success B Delta post hepatitis cirrhosis: 100% success B post hepatitis cirrhosis: 92% success.
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- A Bismuth
- Poste de Transfusion, Hôpital Paul Brousse
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Bismuth A, Ducot B, Samuel D, Arulnaden JL, Gugenheim J, Debat P, Azoulay D, Farrokhi P, Pillier-Loriette C, Bourdon G. [Liver transplantation and the major histocompatibility complex]. Rev Fr Transfus Hemobiol 1991; 34:449-57. [PMID: 1772528 DOI: 10.1016/s1140-4639(05)80139-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We have carried out a retrospective study over 308 liver transplant patients (31 of them have had a retransplantation) in Professor Bismuth's Department at Paul Brousse Hospital. The purpose of the study was a search for the possible effect of donor/recipient major histocompatibility complex on the evolution of the transplantation. We chose to study four parameters: early acute rejection; chronic rejection; retransplantation cases and death frequency; graft survival. We observed the following: for HLA A locus: in cases of total or partial compatibility there are more moderate early acute rejections than in the case of incompatibility (p less than 0.02); for HLA B locus: in the case of total compatibility there are more chronic rejections than in cases of partial or total incompatibility (p less than 0.03); for joint A and B locus: the results are similar to those of A locus (p less than 0.03); for HLA class I: we observed no effect either on graft survival or on retransplantation cases or on death frequency; for HLA DR: we did not find any effect on the studied parameters. Considering the low statistical significance of these results and in order to confirm our analysis, we have started a prospective study in collaboration with two other European Transplantation Centers.
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- A Bismuth
- Poste de Transfusion, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Villejuif
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Farrokhi P, Marion S, Samama M, Gillon MC, Suarez C, Bismuth A, Farahmand H, Debat P, Beugre T, Madani K. [Safety of donors, quality of products, how much to reduce the quantity of citrate]. Rev Fr Transfus Hemobiol 1991; 34:233-42. [PMID: 2064688 DOI: 10.1016/s1140-4639(05)80068-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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We examined 1,053 blood samples from 48 donors, for the effect of gradual reduction of citrate. We observed that: 1--Platelet count does not show any significant variation between 1/8 to 1/18 ratio. 2--In 13.3% of the cases, platelet clumping starts at 1/18 ratio. 3--There was no significant variation of the thrombin plasma level between 1/8 to 1/16 ratio (by measuring thrombin/ATIII complex). Our results show clearly that we can reduce the citrate ratio to 1/14 without expecting any adverse effect. Therefore we designated 1/14 as the security ratio. Parallel to this we also found that the average level +/- SD of ionized calcium is 100 +/- 10 muMol at 1/14 ratio.
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In three neonates, the diagnosis of anti-NA1 alloimmune neutropenia related to maternal immunization against fetal polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) antigens was achieved by serum antibody screening and PMN phenotyping. All the children were small for date and exhibited bacterial infection within days 2-13. Neutropenia persisted until days 20-50. High-dose intravenous immunoglobulin G (IVIgG) was ineffective. In one case, NA1-negative PMN collected from a normal donor were infused because of infection after thoracic surgery and resulted in a sharp but transient increase in PMN counts with resolution of infection. The natural history and the management of alloimmune neonatal neutropenia are discussed.
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- J Cartron
- Centre de Transfusion Sanguine, Paris, France
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Bismuth A, Arulnaden JL, Debat P, Farrokhi P, Farahmand H, Saliba F, Samuel D, Decorps Declère A, Gillet MC, Serre C. [Liver transplantation and transfusion]. Rev Fr Transfus Immunohematol 1988; 31:603-30. [PMID: 2852392 DOI: 10.1016/s0338-4535(88)80089-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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