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Woman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has died

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  • If you keep reading it gives a reason why this is a requirement. Now whether you agree with the doctors or not is up to you but there is at least a reason for this.

    But doctors say that people with severe liver disease from alcohol use may need more than just a partial living liver donation to thrive.

    "The sicker someone is, the more they benefit from getting an entire liver from a deceased donor, as opposed to part of the liver from a living donor," said Dr. Saumya Jayakumar, a liver specialist in Edmonton and an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta.

    "On the off chance their (living) liver doesn't work, they urgently get listed for a deceased donor," said Jayakumar. "We need to make sure that everyone who is a candidate for a living donor is also a candidate for a donor graft as well, " she added.

    From this, the reasoning appear to be this: there is a high risk that the living liver transplant will not take. In this case the patient may be at risk of dying instantly and thus need another liver transplant. Since the candidate doesn't not qualify for this other transplant, in the case where the transplant does not take, the patient will die instantly. This is in contrast with the patient being terminally ill however given time to live out the remainder of their life.

    • reddit these days

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  • I go to hug my wife for comfort. She is AI.

    • Me when I open lemmy for that sweet sweet serotonin

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    • Regain Control in my ass

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  • Everlasting in my ass

    • Differential diagnosis

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  • Damn. So based.

    • Cucumber 🥒

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  • No it was a final insult, telling them to go fk themselves /s

    • Found an old picture of Sencha on my laptop

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  • Yes.

    • How can you work under this pressure?

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    • Enough is enough

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  • Ok sure but I grew up in the 90s and ended up becoming a xylophone and Im not sure that's any better.

    • Glowworm

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  • He's gay

    • I was there to witness the apocalypse...

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  • Pondering my jeans

    • Sencha was being very cute while watching me cook

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  • Yes. My partner named him Sencha because his eyes look like the color of the tea.

    • Sencha was being very cute while watching me cook

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  • He hates belly rubs. Don't ask me how I know.

    • ........................

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  • How do I fix my learning model

    • Woke up to this. Guess I'm trapped forever.

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  • It's all fun and games until you've realized it's been 3 hours, you've not got anything done except doom scrolling on your phone and your cat is still asleep on you.

    • stick it in

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    • Deep

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  • Thanks

    • literally nobody:

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  • me:

    • Happy Weekend, boyz

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  • How do you know it tastes like piss if you've never tasted piss before?

    Better piss in a cup and taste it to make sure we get a nice baseline.

    • Bidet anyone?

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  • I don't have an outlet next to my toilet. I would love to add them though but I'm gonna need an electrician