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Teresa J. Shafer
Researcher at Temple University
Publications - 16
Citations - 598
Teresa J. Shafer is an academic researcher from Temple University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Organ donation & Transplantation. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 16 publications receiving 533 citations.
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Management of the Potential Organ Donor in the ICU: Society of Critical Care Medicine/American College of Chest Physicians/Association of Organ Procurement Organizations Consensus Statement
Robert M. Kotloff,Sandralee Blosser,Gerard J. Fulda,Darren Malinoski,Vivek N. Ahya,Luis F. Angel,Matthew C. Byrnes,Michael A. DeVita,Thomas E. Grissom,Scott D. Halpern,Thomas A. Nakagawa,Peter G. Stock,Debra L. Sudan,Kenneth E. Wood,Sergio Anillo,Thomas P. Bleck,Elling Eidbo,Richard A. Fowler,Alexandra K. Glazier,Cynthia J. Gries,Richard Hasz,Daniel Herr,Akhtar Khan,David Landsberg,Daniel J. Lebovitz,Deborah Levine,Mudit Mathur,Priyumvada M. Naik,Claus U. Niemann,David R. Nunley,Kevin J. O’Connor,Shawn J. Pelletier,Omar Rahman,Dinesh Ranjan,Ali Salim,Robert G. Sawyer,Teresa J. Shafer,David Sonneti,Peter Spiro,Maryam Valapour,Deepak Vikraman-Sushama,Timothy P.M. Whelan +41 more
TL;DR: The goal of this document is to provide critical care practitioners with essential information and practical recommendations related to management of the potential organ donor, based on the available literature and expert consensus.
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US organ donation breakthrough collaborative increases organ donation.
Teresa J. Shafer,Dennis Wagner,John Chessare,Marie W. Schall,Virginia McBride,Francis A. Zampiello,Jade Perdue,Kevin C. O’Connor,Monica J.-Y. Lin,James Burdick +9 more
TL;DR: Time-series analysis using statistical process control charts shows a highly significant discontinuity in the rate of increase in participating hospitals concurrent with the Collaborative program, and strongly suggests that the activities of the collaborative were a major contributor to this increase.
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Vital Role of Medical Examiners and Coroners in Organ Transplantation
TL;DR: As many as 1400 persons on transplant waiting lists did not receive organs because of ME/C denials, and release of all organs from Me/C cases is needed urgently to protect the lives of persons awaiting transplantation.
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Location of in-house organ procurement organization staff in level I trauma centers increases conversion of potential donors to actual donors.
Teresa J. Shafer,Kimberly D. Davis,Samuel M. Holtzman,Charles T. Van Buren,Nicholas J. Crafts,Roger Durand +5 more
TL;DR: Placement of Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) staff directly within the L1TC to increase the number of families who consent to donate and to provide system management for the trauma center’s donation program, was evaluated.
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Impact of Medical Examiner/Coroner Practices on Organ Recovery in the United States
Teresa J. Shafer,Lawrence L. Schkade,Howell E. Warner,Mark Eakin,Kevin C. O’Connor,Jim Springer,Tim Jankiewicz,William Reitsma,Janet Steele,Karyn Keen-Denton +9 more
TL;DR: It is possible that as many as 2979 people may have been denied transplants from 1990 through 1992 owing to medical examiners'/coroners' denials and increased cooperation between medical examiner offices and OPOs could significantly increase the availability of transplantable organs.