BK Virus: A Cause for Concern in Thoracic Transplantation?

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung transplant recipients are at great risk for developing various infectious complications. These infections portend a significant morbidity and mortality throughout their lifetime following transplantation. At times, cutaneous manifestations are the only clues to systemic infection. CASE REPORT:A 62 year...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Afshar K,Boydking A,Ganesh S,Herrington C,McFadden PM

更新日期：2013-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Implantation site is an important factor affecting the effect of islet transplantation. In the literature, the gastric subserous space (GSS) is rarely used as the implantation site of islets. Our present study reports the initial results with a limited numbers of islets transplanted into the GSS in Lewis rat...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Liu X,Zhang J,Li Y,Hu S,Zhang G,Wang L

更新日期：2014-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND In kidney transplantation, the association of cold ischemia time (CIT), anastomosis time (AT), and delayed graft function (DGF) is particularly detrimental in grafts from marginal donors; however, actual cut-off criteria are still debated. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data from patients >65 years (n=193) and patien...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Denecke C,Biebl M,Fritz J,Brandl A,Weiss S,Dziodzio T,Aigner F,Sucher R,Bösmüller C,Pratschke J,Öllinger R

更新日期：2016-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Hypothermic machine perfusion (HMP) appears to exert a reconditioning effect on the ischemic damage of kidney grafts. However, some concerns still remain about its real effectiveness when it is delayed after a preliminary period of static cold storage (SCS) or with prolonged overall cold ischemia time (CIT)...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Adani GL,Pravisani R,Crestale S,Baccarani U,Scott CA,D'Alì L,DeMaglio G,Tulissi P,Vallone C,Isola M,Righi E,Pizzolito S,Di Loreto C,Risaliti A

更新日期：2020-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND This study examined the attitude of patients' relatives in South Korea toward organ donation after brain death. MATERIAL AND METHODS A structured questionnaire was used to obtain the information on the attitude toward organ donation for relatives of patients who were admitted to the surgical intensive care ...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Lee HJ,Jin MJ,Han SY,Han KH,Oh SW,Jang HY,Park UJ,Kim HT,Roh YN

更新日期：2017-10-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of xenografts could relieve the chronically inadequate supply of human organs for transplantation, but doubts have been expressed about the general acceptability of transplanting animal organs into human. Some researchers and clinicians have chosen to ignore negative attitudes towards clinical xenotransplantat...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Mohacsi PJ,Thompson JF,Quine S

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) is the most important complication after allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT) responsible for increased mortality. Recent studies have discussed the use of oral GvHD screening tests in the diagnosis of systemic GvHD. This is the first study of the si...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Prochorec-Sobieszek M,Nasiłowska-Adamska B,Szumera-Ciećkiewicz A,Tomaszewska A,Hałaburda K,Szczepiński A,Szymańska-Giemza O,Ziarkiewicz-Wróblewska B,Mariańska B

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The patient is a 28 year old woman who received a heart transplant in 1992 secondary to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with unremarkable post-operative course. In the period immediately post transplantation the patient was on a four-drug immunosuppressive regimen which was subsequently changed to standard three-agent the...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Dziatkowiak A,Zdebski Z,Tracz W,Piwowarska W,Garlicki M,Kapelak B,Tomaszczyk T,Migdał M,Wysocka T,Sadowski J,Pfitzner R,Nessler J,Pietrzyk E,Wójcik S,Rudziński P,Lesniak A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ano-genital neoplasia is about 20 x more common in renal transplant patients than the general population. Neoplasms in the immunosuppressed are more morbid and mortal because: patients are younger; tumors are more undifferentiated; they have more and larger foci; more sites are involved; neoplasms tend to persist, rec...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Sillman FH,Sentovich S,Shaffer D

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this work was to compare the doses in critical organs, treatment duration, patient comfort and personnel workload during total body irradiation carried out alternatively with a Cobalt 60 and with 15 MeV photons at linear accelerator. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Twenty consecutive patients irradiated wit...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Malicki J,Kosicka G,Stryczyńska G,Wachowiak J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite observed huge progress in understanding the immunological basis of transplantation and the development of new immunosuppressive agents that have significantly improved both -- the patient and graft survival, still the kidney donation from live volunteers remains the most consistent factor which affec...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Słojewski M,Sluzar T,Gołab A,Chłodny J,Zeair S,Dziewanowski K,Umiński M,Sikorski A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recovery of the patients after transplantation of non-renal organs may be complicated by multi-faceted chronic renal failure (CKD) which is regarded as an independent risk factor of graft dysfunction and mortality. The occurrence of CKD in non-renal transplant recipients depends mainly on a type of transplanted organ,...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Nowicki M,Zwiech R

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Diffuse thrombosis of iliac veins and IVC has been considered a significant technical obstacle in pediatric kidney transplantation (KT). MATERIAL AND METHODS Between 1984 and 2018, 951 KTs were performed in our institution. In 4 children qualified for KT, diffuse thrombosis of iliac veins or IVC was found. T...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Szymczak M,Kaliciński P,Rubik J,Broniszczak D,Kowalewski G,Stefanowicz M,Kowalski A,Ciopiński M,Grenda R

更新日期：2019-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Institut Georges Lopez-1 (IGL-1) is a new preservation solution with lower potassium and lower viscosity than University Wisconsin solution (UW). These characteristics which improve liver preservation lead us to evaluate clinical effects of IGL-1 in a randomized controlled study with UW. MATERIAL/METHODS:Fr...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Dondéro F,Paugam-Burtz C,Danjou F,Stocco J,Durand F,Belghiti J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hepatitis B virus (HBV) infects more than 260 million people globally, with increasing incidence, especially in developing countries. Despite antiviral therapies, HBV-related end-stage liver disease remains one of the most important indications for liver transplantation worldwide. Although new available treatments...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Zanetto A,Ferrarese A,Bortoluzzi I,Burra P,Russo FP

更新日期：2016-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of kidney transplantation to improve quality of life has made this therapeutic modality the treatment of choice among renal replacement therapies; however, the continuing organ shortage has forced the use of marginal kidneys as a supplementary source of allografts. It has been repeatedly suggested that fai...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Rouchi AH,Mahdavi-Mazdeh M

更新日期：2016-07-26 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:As newer immunosuppressive regimens have steadily reduced in the incidence of acute rejection and have extended the life expectancy of allograft recipients, posttransplant de novo malignancies have become an important cause of death in cadaveric donor transplantation. Also, according with the recent accumula...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Shimizu T,Hayashi M,Inoue Y,Komeda K,Asakuma M,Hirokawa F,Miyamoto Y,Tanigawa N,Uchiyama K

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Prospective evidence is lacking regarding the association between renal dysfunction and cardiovascular events after liver transplantation. MATERIAL AND METHODS Data were analyzed post hoc regarding renal function and major adverse cardiac events in a two-year prospective trial of de novo liver transplant re...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Saliba F,Fischer L,de Simone P,Bernhardt P,Bader G,Fung J

更新日期：2018-10-26 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

authors： Weltermann B,Herwig A,Dehnen D,Herzer K

更新日期：2016-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Markers currently used to detect kidney damage are effective in both early (KIM-1, NGAL) and late (MCP-1, MMP, TIMP) stages of renal tubular damage, indicating the progression of chronic kidney disease. Immunosuppressive drugs may damage the transplanted organ through their direct toxic effects and by contri...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Kędzierska K,Sindrewicz K,Sporniak-Tutak K,Gołembiewska E,Zair L,Sieńko J,Stańczyk-Dunaj M,Baranowska-Bosiacka I,Ciechanowski K

更新日期：2016-03-03 00:00:00

abstract：:BACKGROUND Perioperative monitoring and hemodynamic management after heterotopic thoracic cardiac xenotransplantation is challenging due to 2 independently beating hearts. Telemetry allows continuous monitoring of hemodynamic parameters of both the donor and recipient hearts. We describe our experience and report on t...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Längin M,Panelli A,Reichart B,Kind A,Brenner P,Mayr T,Abicht JM

更新日期：2018-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:Brain death related hemodynamic instability and/or cardiac dysfunction is frequently described in the potential organ donor which may lead to exclusion of the heart from transplantation. The underlying mechanisms are controversely discussed. Therefore, in the present study, potential brain death ...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Szabó G,Hackert T,Buhmann V,Sebening C,Vahl CF,Hagl S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Kidney transplantation alone in Primary Hyperoxaluria is associated with a high rate of recurrence and in many cases early graft loss. Liver transplantation offers the possibility of correcting the metabolic defect. MATERIAL/METHODS:A retrospective review of five cases of Primary Hyperoxaluria managed at a ...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Malde DJ,Pararajasingam R,Tavakoli A,Campbell B,Riad H,Parrot N,Prasad KR,Augustine T

更新日期：2011-10-01 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

authors： Hsu SC,Thorat A,Jeng LB,Li PC,Chen TH,Yang HR,Poon KS

更新日期：2020-09-18 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

authors： Xu Y,Zhang Q,Xue W,Zeng S,Zhang Z,Zhang X,Hu X

更新日期：2016-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fungal infections have a significant impact on patient survival after liver transplantation, mostly caused by Candida and Aspergillus. The clinical manifestations vary, and range from colonization, active local infection, to severe invasive form. A high degree of suspicion is required for the early diagnosis...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Marzaban R,Salah M,Mukhtar AM,Dwedar RA,Abdel-Latif W,Mahmoud I

更新日期：2014-12-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Solid organ transplantation program in Poland is very limited. The main reason of this is organ shortage. All the organs procured are transplanted. It is a general feeling that recently issued legal regulations will favorably influence organ donation, however the improvement may be expected within a few years and will...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Lao M,Rowiński W,Wałaszewski J

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic nephrotoxic effects of calcineurin inhibitors may be responsible for late allograft dysfunction and reduced allograft half-life. Mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors (mTOR-i's), a newer class of immunosuppressant, do not have the chronic nephrotoxic effects shown with calcineurin inhibitors (CNI)...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Toz H,Sen S,Celik HA,Yilmaz M,Hur E,Hoscoskun C,Ozkahya M,Aydin HH

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post kidney transplantation Re-admissions are focused because they are costly and cause morbidity, or may end with unsatisfactory endpoints namely graft loss or death. We compared the pattern, outcome and cost of re-admissions in different post-kidney transplantation periods. MATERIAL/METHODS:In a retrospec...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Moghani Lankarani M,Noorbala MH,Assari S

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:was to examine the influence of conversion from cyclosporine-based therapy to tacrolimus/mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on renal graft survival in patients with refractory rejection and on the recurrence of rejection in patients converted at the time of the first episode of rejection. PATIENTS AND METHOD...

journal_title：Annals of transplantation

authors： Boratyńska M,Banasik M,Patrzałek D,Klinger M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00