New Transplant Data 1996-2005

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2006 OPTN / SRTR Annual Report: Transplant Data 1996-2005

Over 250 tables of

comprehensive transplant data, showing both recent activity and 10-year trends

Nine chapters with analysis and

explanation of the data tables prepared by more than 40 national experts,

including three “special focus” articles on organ offer acceptance

rates, geographic variability in access to kidney transplantation, and repeat

transplantation

Examinations of trends in

waiting list patient counts and characteristics, highlighting the need for

additional organ donors

Analyses of transplantation by

organ, including patient outcome predictors and factors affecting patient

survival

An overview of the unique

clinical and policy issues of pediatric transplantation

Expanded analyses on use of

immunosuppressive drugs after transplantation

A review of trends in organ

donation and utilization and recent efforts to increase the number of donors

Detailed discussions of issues

frequently raised by patients, physicians, policy makers

and administrators

http://www.optn.org/AR2006/default.htm

(Click on the different data tables to see report) .

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