Valentine's Day Marks First Paired Kidney Donor Transplant With Matchmaker Software.New Program Reduces Transplant Waiting List and Saves Lives SAN FRANCISCO San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden -- On Valentine's Day Valentine's Day: see Saint Valentine's Day. Valentine's Day Lovers' holiday celebrated on February 14, the feast day of St. Valentine, one of two 3rd-century Roman martyrs of the same name. St. , two couples will undergo a paired kidney donation transplant at California Pacific Medical Center California Pacific Medical Center (CPMC) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, academic medical centers in Northern California. The Medical Center is a combination of three of San Francisco's oldest medical institutions: Pacific Presbyterian Hospital, Children's Hospital , thanks to a new computer program called Matchmaker Matchmaker - A language for specifying and automating the generation of multi-lingual interprocess communication interfaces. MIG is an implementation of a subset of Matchmaker. . By helping to identify compatible donor-recipient pairs, the Matchmaker software enables two individuals to receive kidney transplants, thereby removing their names from the national waiting list for a transplant. Currently, there are about 75,000 individuals nationally waiting for a kidney, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the United Network for Organ Sharing United Network for Organ Sharing See UNOS. . Paired kidney donation is an option for patients in need of a kidney transplant who have a living donor whose blood or tissue type is not compatible. With a paired kidney transplant, two incompatible donor-recipient pairs 'exchange' kidneys, making two compatible living donor transplants possible. "Our experience, as well as that in literature, suggests that paired donation can help a large number of patients on the waiting list who initially present with an incompatible donor," says Steven Katznelson, M.D., medical director of the Kidney Transplant Program at California Pacific California Pacific can refer to either:
San Francisco technology entrepreneur David Jacobs developed Silverstone Solution's Matchmaker([c]) to identify patients who have healthy yet incompatible donors and match them with other similar donor-recipient pairs. In 2004, David underwent a kidney transplant at California Pacific Medical Center as he had end-stage renal disease End-stage renal disease (ESRD) Total kidney failure; chronic kidney failure is diagnosed as ESRD when kidney function falls to 5-10% of capacity. Mentioned in: Chronic Kidney Failure end-stage renal disease caused by polycystic kidney disease Polycystic Kidney Disease Definition Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is one of the most common of all life-threatening human genetic disorders. . Following this experience, he worked closely with California Pacific physicians to develop a software that could quickly and accurately match patients in need of kidney transplants who have a qualified, incompatible donor. Related Web Sites: Paired Kidney Transplant Program at California Pacific www.cpmc.org/advanced/kidney/patients/topics/paired_kidney.html Silverstone Solutions' Matchmaker([c]) Software www.silverstonesolutions.com United Network for Organ Sharing www.unos.org Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation www.pkdcure.org California Pacific Medical Center. Beyond Medicine. At San Francisco's California Pacific Medical Center, we believe in the power of medicine. We research the most up-to-date treatments, hire the most qualified individuals, and practice the most modern, innovative medicine available. We deliver the highest quality expert care with kindness and compassion in acute, post-acute and outpatient services outpatient services Hospital-based services Managed care Medical and other services provided, to a nonadmitted Pt, by a hospital or other qualified facility–eg, mental health clinic, rural health clinic, mobile X-ray unit, free-standing dialysis unit Examples , as well as preventive and complementary medicine. But we also believe that medicine alone is only part of the solution. That's why we look intently at each individual case and treat the whole person, not just the illness. It's why we go beyond medical care and provide our patients with things like disease counseling, family support, and wellness treatments. As one of California's largest private, community based, not-for-profit, teaching medical centers, and a Sutter Health affiliate, we are able to reach deep into our community to provide education, screening, and financial support in some of the city's most underserved neighborhoods. Because medicine can transform a body. But going beyond medicine can transform a life. |
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