PMID- 16182693
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060124
LR  - 20061115
IS  - 0041-1345 (Print)
IS  - 0041-1345 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 6
DP  - 2005 Jul-Aug
TI  - Innovative strategies to expand cadaveric donor pool for liver transplantation 
      (SITF project): a network between Italian transplantation centers supported by 
      the Ministry of Health.
PG  - 2415-6
AB  - In 2002, the Italian Ministry of Health (IMH) launched a formal call for health 
      research programs within the Research and Development (R&D) Policy. In this 
      context, the research program "Innovative Strategies to Expand Cadaveric Donor 
      Pool for Liver Transplantation" (SITF Project) has been proposed. The SITF 
      Project has been formally approved by IMH as a 2-year research program included 
      in the R&D Policy. The main goals of the SITF Project are to improve matching 
      criteria for split liver transplantation (SLT) in both pediatric and adult 
      recipients, to promote an increase of the SLT/full- size liver transplantation 
      ratio at the national level, and, especially, to establish shared criteria for 
      SLT in 2 adult recipients. The original executive plan of the SITF Project 
      prefigured the participation of both the Italian transplantation centers with 
      more advanced experience in the field of SLT, and institutional partnership, such 
      as Nord Italia Transplant (NITp) and Italian National Transplant Center. A first 
      Web public area concerning the SITF Project has been activated, as well as a 
      reserved Web area with the aim to share cadaveric donors and patients in the 
      waiting lists between Operative Units involved in the research program. For this 
      objective, the first version Oracle-based database able to perform an automatic 
      matching between a single cadaveric donor and 2 potential adult recipients has 
      been released at the beginning of 2005. The SITF Project represents a new 
      approach in the management of SLT for 2 adult recipients in Italy and a model for 
      a functional network between Italian transplantation centers.
FAU - Santori, G
AU  - Santori G
AD  - Department of Transplantation, San Martino University Hospital, Genoa, Italy. 
      gsantori@medscape.com
FAU - Andorno, E
AU  - Andorno E
FAU - Valente, R
AU  - Valente R
FAU - Ghirelli, R
AU  - Ghirelli R
FAU - Pensalfini, F
AU  - Pensalfini F
FAU - Castiglione, A G
AU  - Castiglione AG
FAU - Valente, U
AU  - Valente U
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - Transplant Proc
JT  - Transplantation proceedings
JID - 0243532
SB  - IM
MH  - Cadaver
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interinstitutional Relations
MH  - Italy
MH  - Liver Transplantation/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Tissue Donors/*supply & distribution
MH  - Tissue and Organ Procurement/organization & administration
EDAT- 2005/09/27 09:00
MHDA- 2006/01/25 09:00
CRDT- 2005/09/27 09:00
PHST- 2005/09/27 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/01/25 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2005/09/27 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0041-1345(05)00649-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.06.013 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Transplant Proc. 2005 Jul-Aug;37(6):2415-6. doi: 
      10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.06.013.