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BACKGROUND:Breathing is essential for living. When someone is a lung transplantation candidate, it could be imagined that the breathing difficulties that he/she is experiencing has a great impact on his/her health status. MATERIAL/METHODS:We asked all the patients on the lung transplantation waiting list at Masih Daneshvari Hospital to complete the validated Iranian version of Global Health Questionnaire (GHQ). It was the 28-item version of the questionnaire with scores ranging from 0 to 84. Patients filled the questionnaire while on routine out-patients visits. The higher scores represent greater distress. RESULTS:Seventy patients were requested to participate in the present study out of which 64 filled the questionnaire completely. Mean +/-SD (min-max) scores of the questionnaire subscales were as follows: somatic symptoms =8.2+/-4.2; anxiety =8.1+/-4.9; 8-14, depression =4+/-4.2; social dysfunction =10.4+/-4 and the overall score =30.6+/-9.5. There was no significant difference in the subscales of the questionnaire based on gender and disease type. Higher age was associated with less social dysfunction (r=-273, p=0.023). Higher level of prednisolone consumption and lower hemoglobin were associated with poorer somatic status (r=0.644, p=0.033; r=-0.410, 0.030 respectively). CONCLUSIONS:Our findings indicate that lung transplantation candidates have extremely poor health state. It seems that pulmonary problems and activity limitations put more pressure on younger patients and causes social difficulties.
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Ann Transplantjournal_title
Annals of transplantationauthors
Najafizadeh K,Ghorbani F,Rostami A,Fard Mosavi A,Assari S,Moghani Lankarani M,Farrokh Nia E,Emami H,Marashian SM,Masjedi MRsubject
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2009-01-01 00:00:00pages
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880640journal_volume
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杂志文章abstract：:BACKGROUND Inflammatory activity of the artery can be assessed by measuring 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) uptake with positron emission tomography computed tomography (PET/CT). Improvement in vascular function after renal transplantation has been reported, but no studies have used 18F-FDG PET/CT to examine the chan...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.909212
更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00
abstract：UNLABELLED:Glutathione S-Tranferases (GST) are the enzymes which are strictly specific for epithelial cells of the proximal and distal tubules in the kidney. These enzymes are detected in the urine when some tubular damage process is found. In healthy people urine GST is hardly detected. The goal of this study was to e...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BACKGROUND Numerically, nurses represent the largest healthcare profession, thus setting norms for the quality and safety of direct patient care. Evidence of a global shortage of nurses in all clinical practice settings across different healthcare systems and countries has been documented. The aims of the present stud...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.12659/aot.898305
更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hormonal alterations caused by chronic liver disease are well described. In contrast, the reversibility of peripheral hormonal changes after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) has only partially been analyzed since the establishment of OLT as treatment of chronic hepatic failure. In addition it is not fin...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Pseudoaneurysm is a very rare and unusual form of myocardial rupture, with complications such as chest trauma, inflammation, acute myocardial infarction, and infection. Although this rare complication has already been reported, it has never been found in a transplanted patient. CASE REPORT:We present the ca...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.890417
更新日期：2014-06-26 00:00:00
abstract：:Organ transplantation program has been slowly developing over last 30 years. The number of DD (deceased donors) stabilized on the level of approximately 13/million of population. Multiorgan donation has been 45%, due to some problems with donor management. Polish Transplant Coordinating Center POLTRANSPLANT which is r...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 社论
doi：
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Transplantation of hands in humans has become an accepted therapeutic modality. A hand transplant is composed of various tissues of different degree of immunogenicity. In addition, skin contains own resident bacterial flora that may become virulent in the ischemic and rejecting graft. Discrimination between skin rejec...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Studies have documented deficits of pneumococcal and other vaccinations in kidney and lung transplant patients, but the vaccination status of liver transplant (LT) recipients is unknown. This cross-sectional study investigated the prevalence of immunizations among LT patients at a large university medical ce...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/aot.896436
更新日期：2016-04-07 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Achievement of sustained virological response (SVR) is the main goal of interferon/ribavirin (IFN/RBV) antiviral therapy in patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) recurrence after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). In this study, we have retrospectively evaluated the efficacy and safety of low accelerati...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.892255
更新日期：2015-05-11 00:00:00
abstract：:Irrespectively of universal shortage of donor organs there is a tendency of increasing the number of transplantations from living and deceased donors. Each of these two methods has positive and negative features. The main obstacles using living donors are health hazard, necessity to solve certain donor's social and ps...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Advances in molecular biology techniques allowed for introduction of PCR-based methods for HLA typing. In routine HLA typing for organ transplantation serological method is still being used as a standard, although molecular techniques are applied more and more often. The aim of our study was to compare HLA-DR typing u...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BACKGROUND The prognosis of the patients of acute liver failure (ALF) with onset of hepatic coma is often dismal. ALF is a well-accepted indication for liver transplantation (LT) and has markedly improved the prognosis of these patients. However, its role in ALF patients with onset of hepatic coma has never been eluci...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2018-03-13 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite documented positive effect of MachinePerfusion (MP) on long-term kidneys-graft function its wide use is restricted due to higher costs. The aim of this study was to analyze the difference in costs of kidney transplantation in patients who received organ stored in ColdStorage (CS) vs those who receive...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BACKGROUND The number of pregnancies after liver transplantation (LT) is increasing; however, the safety and incidence of complications associated with these pregnancies are still unclear. In this report, we retrospectively assessed the influences and problems associated with post-transplant pregnancy on allografts, r...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.921193
更新日期：2020-06-09 00:00:00
abstract：:BACKGROUND Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) has rapidly advanced, but its use in transplant patients has lagged. We share our experience of MIS for patients after kidney and liver transplantation and compare our results with similar studies in the literature. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study included 14 MIS (12 laparos...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.922602
更新日期：2020-06-16 00:00:00
abstract：:BACKGROUND Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) has evolved and has been established as a surgical standard of care for kidney transplantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS This study retrospectively reviews 1132 patients who underwent 4 different laparoscopic living-donor nephrectomies: hand-assisted laparoscopic nephrectomy...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.918189
更新日期：2020-02-11 00:00:00
abstract：:Ischemic reperfusion injury is a complex pathophysiological event associated with significant impairment of multiple vascular and cellular responses. Oxidative damage due to the presence of radical oxygen species is the essential step that initiates a wide range of intracellular stress signaling processes that culmina...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The activation of the tryptophane catabolizing enzyme Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase leads to the formation of kynurenine and other metabolites that counter-regulate immune activation resulting in restoration of immune homeostasis. But in chronic immune activation, as in hemodialysed patients, the immunosuppres...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.889764
更新日期：2014-01-27 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVES:In the last three decades liver transplantation (LT) has become a standard procedure for terminal liver failure. Anyway the procedure is highly limited by the availability of donor organs. The use of segmental liver grafts from living or cadaver donors are an attractive way to increase the donor pool for LT ...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation (PBSCT) is commonly used in the treatment of lymphoma patients. G-CSF is widely used to boost white blood cell recovery. However, there are no clear data indicating which strategy of using G-CSF provides the most benefit. The aim of our study was to compa...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.12659/AOT.883965
更新日期：2013-07-02 00:00:00
abstract：:This paper outlines the effect that the Transplant Games have had in influencing public opinion and the translation of that effect resulting in increased organ donation and transplantation in the global venues in which this activity took place. A brief account of the history of the Transplant Games now 25 years after ...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Aim of this monocentric study is to compare the outcome of 101 renal transplants performed in patients older than 55 years with single kidney retrieved from donors older than 50 years, with 263 transplants performed in patients younger than 55 years transplanted with young kidneys. Delayed graft function (DGF) had sim...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the current organ shortage, an accurate assessment of the patient's outcome after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTX) for fulminant hepatic failure (FHF) is crucial in order to determine the suitability for transplantation. The purpose of this study was to assess whether APACHE II and III scores wo...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to analyze the use of fixed-wing air ambulance (FWAA) services in Poland during the period 2012-2013, with particular emphasis on air transport of organ recipients to transplantation centers. MATERIAL AND METHODS:This was a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of data derived fr...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/aot.895321
更新日期：2015-10-20 00:00:00
abstract：:BACKGROUND Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) remains a major problem for long-term graft survival and different pathways participate in its development. CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) is significantly upregulated following renal injury and fibrotic response. We investigated the effect of AMD3100, a CXCR4 antagonis...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.899492
更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00
abstract：:The draft of the working group of experts for a Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers to Member States on Xenotransplantation was finalized in September 2001, ending a working period of two and a half years. This paper will briefly reflect upon the development of the recommendation up to this point in time. A s...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 指南,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:BACKGROUND ABO-incompatible (ABO-i) living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is a feasible alternative for donor liver allograft in emergency situations, especially in Asia, where deceased-donor organs remain scarce. The reported outcomes of ABO-i LDLT after optimal desensitization are comparable to those of ABO-comp...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/AOT.923502
更新日期：2020-09-18 00:00:00
abstract：:A short review of legal aspects of organ transplantation. The influence of type of consent and the family attitude on organ donation rate in all European countries. A special attention is given to the legal and ethical aspects of living organ and tissue transplantation. ...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Between August 2006 and August 2009, 34 ethnic Mongolians were the recipients of a kidney transplant at the Central Clinical Hospital in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In 31 of the operations the donor was either a sibling or parent. In 4 recipients the donors were 2 recently deceased accident victims following controlled car...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.12659/aot.882647
更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Induction of the hepatic and intestinal cytochrome P450-3A4 system and intestinal P-glycoprotein is an unavoidable consequence of rifampin administration which requires substantial increase in tacrolimus dose when given concurrently. Chronic diarrhea is known to precipitate tacrolimus toxicity irrespective o...
journal_title：Annals of transplantation
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
