Influence of anti-rejection therapy on the timing of cytomegalovirus disease and other infections in renal transplant recipients.

abstract：:Management of transplant patients receiving cyclosporine therapy is complicated by interpatient and intrapatient variability in pharmacokinetic parameters caused by the drug's unpredictable bioavailability. Cyclosporine, a highly lipophilic cyclic polypeptide, has recently been reformulated using a microemulsion deliv...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ritschel WA

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney outcomes in early post-liver transplantation (LT) are crucial for long-term prognosis, but difficult to predict. Among 203 adult LT patients, we studied the value of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) measured pre-LT for predicting acute kidney injury (AKI), kidney-replacement therapy with...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Aberg F,Lempinen M,Hollmén M,Nordin A,Mäkisalo H,Isoniemi H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term side effects of lifelong steroid immunosuppression are well documented, therefore, steroid withdrawal (SW) if safe would clearly be of benefit. From 1987-1996, 470 kidney transplants were performed at our institution. During this time period, steroid withdrawal was offered to a select group of patients (...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sanfey H,Haussman G,Isaacs I,Ishitani M,Lobo P,McCullough C,Pruett T

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relationships between race/ethnicity, recipient medical insurance, and living donor kidney transplantation (LKT) are incompletely described. METHODS:Associations between medical insurance and LKT were assessed in 447 recipients at a southeastern US transplant center. Primary and secondary payers were includ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Reeves-Daniel AM,Farney AC,Fletcher AJ,Assimos D,Westcott C,Rogers J,Stratta RJ,Rocco MV,Freedman BI

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the association between religious beliefs and opinions on xenotransplantation among students from three different countries. A lower proportion of religious students accepted xenotransplantation than did non-religious students. A higher proportion of Protestant students seemed to accept xenotra...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hagelin J,Hau J,Schapiro SJ,Suleman MA,Carlsson HE

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole pancreas and islet cell transplantation are both reliant upon the procurement and preservation of a high quality donor pancreas for a successful outcome. In the climate of a reducing donor pool it is imperative that donor optimization, meticulous surgical retrieval and evidence based methods of preservation are ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ridgway D,Manas D,Shaw J,White S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively studied efficacy and safety outcomes of two 10-mg doses of intravenous basiliximab on day 0 and day 4 for induction therapy in 17 consecutive de novo heart transplant recipients. By the 2-week assessment post-transplant, there were no deaths, graft failures, or acute cellular rejections (ACRs) ISHLT g...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kittipibul V,Tantrachoti P,Ongcharit P,Ariyachaipanich A,Siwamogsatham S,Sritangsirikul S,Thammanatsakul K,Puwanant S

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplantation offers patients with end-stage renal disease the best opportunity for rehabilitation and long-term survival. However, there is a critical shortage of transplantable kidneys worldwide. This plays well into the hands of transplanters and entrepreneurs involved in commercial renal transplantation, p...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Qunibi W,Abulrub D,Shaheen F,el-Din AB,Alfurayh O,Almeshari K

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study explores the prevalence of unrecognized diabetes mellitus (DM), the incidence and risk factors new onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) and determines whether patient survival differs between patients with transient (NODM that resolves) compared with those with fixed NODM. This is a single center review of solitar...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kiberd M,Panek R,Kiberd BA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Donor lung allocation in the United States focuses on decreasing waitlist mortality and improving recipient outcomes. The implementation of allocation policy to match deceased donor lungs to waitlisted patients occurs through a unique partnership between government and private organizations, namely the Organ Procureme...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Tsuang WM,Snyder LD,Budev MM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (MPS) has been developed to help circumvent the upper gastrointestinal side-effects of mycophenolic acid by facilitating drug release in the small intestine. Many questions regarding the side-effect profile of MPS remain. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to review a...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hardinger KL,Hebbar S,Bloomer T,Murillo D

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent immunosuppression with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil has improved the results of renal transplantation. In this study, we analyzed the effect and safety of basiliximab as an induction therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty-nine kidney recipients were given tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Miura M,Harada H,Fukuzawa N,Iwami D,Taniguchi A,Seki T,Togashi M,Ogawa Y,Satoh H,Hirano T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the efficacy of primary endovascular stenting in cases of transplant renal artery stenosis (TRAS) from cadaver and non-heart-beating donor kidneys. Patients with TRAS (n = 13) from a single-centre transplant population (n = 476) were treated by primary percutaneous angioplasty and endovascular ste...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ridgway D,White SA,Nixon M,Carr S,Blanchard K,Nicholson ML

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin cancer is a common, potentially life-threatening malignancy in organ transplant recipients (OTR), and it is important for transplant physicians to be aware of patient history of skin cancer. Patient self-report represents a quick method of obtaining past medical history of skin cancer but no study has validated t...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Dybbro E,Mihalis E,Hirose R,Arron ST

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of our study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of serum galactomannan antigen (GM) testing combined with chest computed tomography (CT) of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) in pediatric patients after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. METHODS:A retrospective nested case-control stu...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Qiu KY,Liao XY,Huang K,Xu HG,Li Y,Fang JP,Zhou DH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present AST-IDCOP guidelines update information on BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) infection, replication, and disease, which impact kidney transplantation (KT), but rarely non-kidney solid organ transplantation (SOT). As pretransplant risk factors in KT donors and recipients presently do not translate into clinically val...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hirsch HH,Randhawa PS,AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice.

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines, produced by both the recipient and the newly vascularized allograft, are central mediators in the inflammatory response to allografted tissue. This study examines the relationship between pre- and intraoperative levels of TNF, IL-1, IL-6, and IL-8 and hepatic allograft function in the early postoperative pe...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Boros P,Suehiro T,Curtiss S,Sheiner P,Emre S,Guy S,Schwartz ME,Miller CM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective study aimed at determining the ganciclovir exposure observed under a daily dosage of 450 mg valganciclovir routinely applied to kidney transplant recipients with a GFR above 25 mL/min at risk for cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease. Ganciclovir levels at trough (C(trough)) and at peak (C₃(h)) were measured ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Manuel O,Pascual M,Perrottet N,Lamoth F,Venetz JP,Decosterd LA,Buclin T,Meylan PR

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLDs) are a heterogeneous set of complications of organ transplantation associated with poor patient prognosis. We analyzed the clinicopathological features of PTLDs in 43 adult and pediatric recipients of solid organ or bone marrow transplantation at a large transplant ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Yoon SO,Yu E,Cho YM,Suh C,Kim KM,Han DJ,Lee SG,Huh J

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Frail patients who undergo renal transplantation (RT) have more complications; however, little is known if these patients can sustain the wait to RT. We used the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) to determine outcomes of RT candidates. METHODS:In this retrospective study, 526...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bozhilov K,Vo KB,Wong LL

更新日期：2020-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:To define the etiology of anemia post-renal transplantation, we assessed hematologic parameters and EPO levels in 38 anemic and 16 non-anemic control renal transplant recipients (RTRs) with varying degrees of allograft function at periods > 3 months post-transplantation. Significant differences between the two groups ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Miles AM,Markell MS,Daskalakis P,Sumrani NB,Hong J,Sommer BG,Friedman EA

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The aim of this paper was to review the outcomes of cardiac transplantation with regards to short- and long-term survival, focusing particularly on patients who receive organs with long ischemic times and the resource utilization necessary to support such patients through their postoperative period. METHO...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Marasco SF,Esmore DS,Richardson M,Bailey M,Negri J,Rowland M,Kaye D,Bergin PJ

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Splenic artery "steal" syndrome after orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is an important cause of graft dysfunction. Direct pressure measurement in the hepatic (HA) and radial artery (RA) may identify patients at risk allowing its prevention. This observational study compared radial and hepatic mean arterial press...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Wojcicki M,Pakosz-Golanowska M,Lubikowski J,Post M,Jarosz K,Milkiewicz P

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN), associated with late-allograft dysfunction is caused by alloantigen-dependent and -independent mechanisms, and eventually leads to interstitial fibrosis (ci). Activation of complement cascade is considered to be a poor prognostic marker of graft survival. This study was d...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ohba K,Miyata Y,Koga S,Nishikido M,Kanetake H,Nazneen A,Razzaque MS,Taguchi T

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is an autosomal dominant genetic disorder characterized by premature mortal cardiovascular complications. Liver transplantation (LT) is the only curative treatment option. In this study, the long-term clinical follow-up data of 8 patients who underwent LT with a diagnosis o...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Gulsoy Kirnap N,Kirnap M,Bascil Tutuncu N,Moray G,Haberal M

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stress, coping resources, and family functioning of 36 mothers of children awaiting transplantation were evaluated. Using standardized assessment techniques, we found that, overall, 20% of mothers reported clinically elevated stress responses and that parenting stress was higher for mothers of children evaluated f...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Rodrigue JR,Hoffmann RG 3rd,MacNaughton K,Graham-Pole J,Andres JM,Novak DA,Fennell RS

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process affecting mainly elastic and muscular arteries. Although small arteries and arterioles are usually spared, atherosclerosis can occur in these small vasculatures for a very short period. Here we report a case of atherosclerosis-like lesions that occurred in a transplant...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Shimoyamada H,Fan J,Watanabe T,Nagata M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether bacterial contamination of islets affects graft success after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT). BACKGROUND:Factors associated with insulin independence after TPIAT are inconclusive. Although bacterial contamination does not preclud...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Jolissaint JS,Langman LW,DeBolt CL,Tatum JA,Martin AN,Wang AY,Strand DS,Zaydfudim VM,Adams RB,Brayman KL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether sirolimus, a newer immunosuppressive agent, widely used in renal transplantation, affects male sex hormone levels or sexual function. METHODS:Sex hormone profiles in male renal transplant recipients were obtained and compared between a sirolimus-treated group and a group not on sirolim...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lee S,Coco M,Greenstein SM,Schechner RS,Tellis VA,Glicklich DG

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In cardiac transplant recipients, long-term survival may be limited by transplant coronary artery disease (TxCAD). Hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhcy) has been associated with vascular disease and is common in transplant recipients. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between fasting homocy...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Miner SE,Cole DE,Evrovski J,Verma A,Daly PA,Ross HJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00