title: Dealing with the uncertain and the unexpected: a report on the first kidney transplantations in Aden, Republic of Yemen.
abstract: First kidney transplantations were performed in Aden, Jemen in 2003. A difficult medical environment and unrehearsed decision-making process in a country of scant resources were the background of this undertaking. A brief report is given on the medical situation, training and preparedness of the Yemeni medical community for transplant procedures. Initial impressions of psychological aspects of first-ever organ transplantation in this Islamic country are presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Lainz Hospital, Vienna, Austria. robert.fitzgerald@wienkav.at
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
authors.forename: Felix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stockenhuber
authors.forename: Annelies
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fitzgerald
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D007514:Islam / Q000523:psychology; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D009398:Nephrology / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010043:Outcome and Process Assessment, Health Care; D015006:Yemen