Quality of Life in Thalassemia Patients After Unrelated Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

60 Journal of Medicine and The Person, June 2008, vol.6, number 2: 60-64 I NVITED PAPER eccentric of life in thalassemia patients afterwards unrelated haematopoietic bow jail cell transplantation Qualità della vita in pazienti talassemici dopo trapianto non correlato di cellule staminali emopoietiche Caocci Giovanni1, Pisu Salvatore2, La Nasa Giorgio1 1 Centro Trapianti Midollo Osseo, Ospedale R. Binaghi, Cattedra di Ematologia, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. 2 Cattedra di Medicina Legale, Università di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy Abstract thalassaemia major is a chronic, progressive hemoglobin disorder requiring life-long blood transfusion and iron chelation therapy for survival. Extensive ongoing medical c be in this pathology may have a considerable shock on the physical, psychosocial well-being and quality of life (QoL) of patients and their families. Allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is currently the exclusiv ely cure usable for thalassemia. Unfortunately, only a substantial minority of patients have an HLA congruous bestower within the family. More than 70 percent of patients need to search for an unrelated compatible sponsor in voluntary presenter registries worldwide.

The transplantation-related mortality risk of unrelated HSCT in adult thalassemia patients has been estimated to be about 30%. For this reason, patients without a family donor are faced with the difficult choice between accepting the game risks of radical treatment or putting aside their hopes of retrieval and continuing regular transfusion an d iron chelation therapy. This complex conc! lusion-making number raises several social, psychological and ethical problems. The central ethical patch up do of HSCT in a non-malignant disease can be close in in terms of a skirmish between cardinal fundamental principles of medical ethics: non-maleficence and beneficence; the question arises as to who will be responsible for the decision and what criteria can be used to strike a true(p) balance...If you want to posture a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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