Outcomes of Berlin Heart EXCOR® pediatric ventricular assist device support in patients with restrictive and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

abstract：:Vitamin C deficiency in developed countries is typically observed in patients with unique clinical conditions such as cystic fibrosis or anorexia nervosa, or in patients on long-term tube feeds. We report here a clinical observation in six pediatric and adolescent patients (median age 17.5 yr, range 9.8-23.5 yr) with ...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Kletzel M,Powers K,Hayes M

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:De novo PTAID may develop in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients, have a diverse spectrum, and are occasionally treatment resistant. Previous reports showed resolution of immune cytopenias in solid organ transplant recipients following replacement of the calcineurin inhibitor tacrolimus with the mTOR inhibitor...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Kehar M,Grunebaum E,Jimenez-Rivera C,Mozer-Glassberg Y,Jamal A,Ng VL,Avitzur Y

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined patient-reported sleep quality in a single-center cross-sectional sample of adolescents with solid organ transplants and evaluated associations between sleep quality, psychosocial functioning (ie, depression/anxiety symptoms), and HRQOL. Health disparities associated with minority race/ethnicity an...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Gutierrez-Colina AM,Quast LF,Eaton CK,LaMotte J,Stolz MG,Mee L,George R,Lee J,Reed B,Rich KL,Blount RL

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CHD is the most commonly occurring birth defect in the United States. Improvements in supportive care for CHD result in increasing numbers of survivors who may develop benign or malignant conditions for which HSCT is indicated. However, the ability of individuals with CHD to tolerate HSCT is unknown. Retrospective med...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Guinan EC,Hewett EK,Domaney NM,Margossian R

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many pediatric centers utilize a variety of protocols including preemptive plasmapheresis to prevent the recurrence of FSGS post-transplant. But the effectiveness of this expensive, time-consuming process of plasmapheresis in the prevention of FSGS recurrence is still unclear. We retrospectively reviewed all pediatric...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Verghese PS,Rheault MN,Jackson S,Matas AJ,Chinnakotla S,Chavers B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Castleman disease is a rare hematologic disorder, closely linked to the HHV-8, and most commonly observed in immunocompromised individuals. Thirteen months following a liver transplant for CPS-1 defect, a 15-month-old boy presented with fevers, anemia, and growth retardation. Abdominal CT scan showed splenomegaly and ...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Bonatti HJ,Axt J,Hunter EB,Lott SL,Frangoul H,Gillis L,Correa H,Kelly B

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies on invasive pneumococcal disease in pediatric transplant recipients. Given this fact plus the advent of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, we conducted a retrospective study at a major pediatric transplant center. The objectives were to determine the incidence and outcomes of invasive pneumococcal ...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Tran L,Hébert D,Dipchand A,Fecteau A,Richardson S,Allen U

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Knowledge concerning the involvement of the cardiovascular system in children awaiting liver transplant is limited. Therefore, no guidelines have been established on evaluating this group of patients for cardiac disease. This review examines the diverse cardiovascular manifestations of liver disease in children. We al...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Madan N,Arnon R,Arnon R

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Portal vein aneurysms are very rare and represent <3% of all venous aneurysms. They can be congenital or acquired. Most patients do not have liver disease at diagnosis. Although uncommon, portal vein aneurysm has been described after liver transplant. We report the case of a six-yr-old girl who presented with an aneur...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Molinares B,Alvarez S,García V,Sepúlveda ME,Yepes NL,Peláez S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical techniques that have been used during liver transplantation (LT) together with patient's coagulation profile and institutional practices are reported to have an effect on transfusion requirements. The aim of this study is to evaluate the transfusion requirement in both cadaveric (CDLT, n = 22) and living dono...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Ulukaya S,Acar L,Ayanoglu HO

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:aHUS is a clinical challenge for successful renal transplantation. CASE REPORT:A 14-yr-old girl lost her kidneys at the age of 7, due to CFH antibodies and CFH-related protein (CFHR1/CFHR3) homozygous deletion-associated aHUS. CFH, CFI, and MCP gene mutations were excluded. The patient was a candidate for r...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Grenda R,Jarmużek W,Rubik J,Prokurat S,Miklaszewska M,Drozdz D,Zachwieja K,Ardissino G,Hofer J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tacrolimus-based immunosuppression in pediatric liver transplant recipients is known to be associated with EGID. Our goal was to determine the incidence, risk factors, and characteristics of EGID in our pediatric liver transplantation program. This study was a retrospective analysis of 38 pediatric liver transplant re...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Lee JH,Park HY,Choe YH,Lee SK,Lee SI

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nephrotic syndrome is characterized by proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and general edema. These symptoms may persist in children who reach ESRD, which is unfavorable for the patient's allograft outcome. In addition, this may hamper early diagnosis of a relapse after transplantation. Surgical bilateral nephrectomy is oft...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Vos E,Koster-Kamphuis L,van de Kar NCAJ,Bootsma-Robroeks CMHHT,Cornelissen EAM,Schreuder MF

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:  FSGS has a high recurrence rate after renal transplantation. To examine the effects of the use of preemptive and post-transplant PP on recurrence and graft outcome, we conducted a retrospective study on 34 pediatric patients (mean age 13±5 yr) with biopsy-proven pretransplant FSGS and who underwent a renal transplan...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Gonzalez E,Ettenger R,Rianthavorn P,Tsai E,Malekzadeh M

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart transplant waitlist mortality remains high in infants <1 year of age and among those with CHD. Currently, the median accepted donor-to-recipient weight percentage is approximately 130% of the recipient's weight. We hypothesized that patients with CHD may accept a larger organ using novel 3D-derived ima...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Shugh SB,Szugye NA,Zafar F,Riggs KW,Villa C,Lorts A,Morales DLS,Moore RA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver and small bowel transplant is an established treatment for infants with IFALD. Despite organ reduction techniques, mortality on the waiting list remains high due to shortage of size-matched pediatric donors. Small abdominal cavity volume due to previous intestinal resection poses a significant challenge to achie...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Vidyadharan R,van Bommel AC,Kuti K,Gupte GL,Sharif K,Richard BM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare but often fatal disorder in childhood. Its aetiology includes infections, toxins, metabolic disorders, infiltrative diseases, autoimmune hepatitis, ischaemia, irradiation damage, but in a high proportion of cases it remains unknown. In contrast to adults, in children with ALF hepati...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Dhawan A,Cheeseman P,Mieli-Vergani G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:  We present an 18-yr-old adolescent with acute lymphocytic leukemia, who underwent peripheral blood SCT with serologically and histologically documented chronic hepatitis B infection. Prior and during the transplant process, lamivudine was administered orally and he underwent SCT with a twofold decrease in viral load...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Serap A,Funda O,Bengu K,Mehmet K,Nazan C,Rasit Y,Savas K

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) occurring in association with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection in a renal transplant patient with no previous history of FSGS has rarely been reported. We present a case of a 16-year-old renal transplant recipient who developed acute hepatitis, leukopenia, nephrotic syndrome, a...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Wynd E,Stewart A,Burke J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed our long-term experience with regards to the safety and efficacy of MMF in our pediatric renal transplant population and compared it retrospectively to our previous non-MMF immunosuppressive regimen. Forty-seven pediatric renal transplants received MMF as part of their immunosuppressive protocol in the per...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Raheem OA,Kamel MH,Daly PJ,Mohan P,Little DM,Awan A,Hickey DP

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is common in pediatric chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Depression is associated with inferior long-term outcomes. There is a paucity of studies that evaluate depression and possible associated factors in children and adolescents requiring renal replacement therapy (RRT). Cross-sectional study using C...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Rodriguez Cuellar CI,García de la Puente S,Hernández Moraria J,Bojórquez Ochoa A,Filler G,Zaltzman Grishevich S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The indications for and the timing of LT and/or KT for the patients with HRFCD are based on the severity of liver and kidney involvement. Most organs come from living donors, because the number of deceased donors is extremely low in Japan. Therefore, patients with HRFCD may need two organs from living donors. Four pat...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Sakamoto S,Kasahara M,Fukuda A,Tanaka H,Kakiuchi T,Karaki C,Kanazawa H,Kamei K,Ito S,Nakazawa A

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The use of ventricular assist devices (VADs) in children with heart failure may be of particular benefit to those with accompanying renal failure, as improved renal function is seen in some, but not all recipients. We hypothesized that persistent renal dysfunction at 7 days and/or 1 month after VAD implantat...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Hollander SA,Cantor RS,Sutherland SM,Koehl DA,Pruitt E,McDonald N,Kirklin JK,Ravekes WJ,Ameduri R,Chrisant M,Hoffman TM,Lytrivi ID,Conway J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CVD is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in pediatric patients with CKD. It is unclear whether vascular abnormalities in these patients are reversible, and if transplantation portends salutary effects on arterial function. We compared FMD, PWV, AI75, and CIMT in 15 dialysis (D), 14 transplant patients (T), and ...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Tawadrous H,Kamran H,Salciccioli L,Schoeneman MJ,Lazar J

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review details the indications for heart transplantation in children. Contraindications have evolved from absolute to relative. Controversial issues remain and this paper represents a consensus of more than a dozen centers that have programs that remain active performing pediatric heart transplants. ...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Fricker FJ,Addonizio L,Bernstein D,Boucek M,Boucek R,Canter C,Chinnock R,Chin C,Kichuk M,Lamour J,Pietra B,Morrow R,Rotundo K,Shaddy R,Schuette EP,Schowengerdt KO,Sondheimer H,Webber S

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are limited published data on surveillance TBB for the identification of allograft rejection in infants after lung or heart-lung transplantation. We performed a retrospective review of children under one yr of age who underwent lung or heart-lung transplant at our institution. Since 2005, four infants were trans...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Hayes D Jr,Baker PB,Kopp BT,Kirkby S,Galantowicz M,McConnell PI,Astor TL

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few reports on the clinical significance of MRD before HSCT in pediatric ALL. We retrospectively analyzed the clinical significance of FCM-based detection of MRD (FCM-MRD) before allogeneic HSCT in pediatric ALL. Of 38 pediatric patients who underwent allogeneic HSCT for the first time between 1998 and 2014,...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Umeda K,Hiramatsu H,Kawaguchi K,Iwai A,Mikami M,Nodomi S,Saida S,Heike T,Ohomori K,Adachi S

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The examination of predictors of non-adherence in transplantation populations offers the potential to identify high-risk individuals and concomitantly generate effective adherence-promoting interventions. The present paper aggregated quantitative estimates of various correlates of treatment adherence in studies of ped...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Kahana SY,Frazier TW,Drotar D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are little data on prevalence of dyslipidemia in pediatric kidney TX recipients in the modern IS era. LP profiles of 38 TX recipients receiving triple IS with MMF, prednisone, and tacrolimus were compared with those of 11 children on HD using mixed model multiple linear regression analysis of repeated measures a...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Sgambat K,He J,McCarter RJ,Moudgil A

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tailoring graft size to small paediatric recipients is a challenge. We have developed a reduced left lateral segment as an alternative to monosegment transplantation for small size recipients. Since November 2000, 89 children have been transplanted with 100 deceased donor liver grafts in our unit. Our median patient a...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Attia MS,Stringer MD,McClean P,Prasad KR

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00