Quadruple immunosuppression with basiliximab, tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and prednisone is safe and effective for renal transplantation.

abstract：:In France, liver grafts which have been refused by at least five centers are proposed as rescue allocation (RA). The aim of this study is to clarify the feasibility and safety of RA grafts in liver transplantation (LT). Short- and long-term outcomes of patients who received RA grafts (RA group) were compared with thos...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kitano Y,Allard MA,Nakada S,Beghdadi N,Karam V,Vibert E,Sa Cunha A,Castaing D,Cherqui D,Baba H,Adam R

更新日期：2020-07-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical outcomes are generally worse for black vs nonblack renal allograft recipients. In BENEFIT and BENEFIT-EXT, recipients were randomized to belatacept more intense-based, belatacept less intense-based, or cyclosporine-based immunosuppression. At year 7, belatacept was associated with superior graft survival vs c...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Florman S,Vincenti F,Durrbach A,Abouljoud M,Bresnahan B,Garcia VD,Mulloy L,Rice K,Rostaing L,Zayas C,Calderon K,Meier-Kriesche U,Polinsky M,Yang L,Medina Pestana J,Larsen CP

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old man wanted to receive an ABO-incompatible kidney transplant. His blood type was O, and the donor, his father, was A1. After endoscopic splenectomy performed before kidney transplantation, the recipient developed a high fever and leukocytosis, and he was treated with antibiotics and 5 g of human immunoglo...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sawada T,Ando T,Sato S,Kubota K,Fuchinoue S,Teraoka S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic renal failure (CRF) is a common complication of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-based immunosuppression following cardiac transplantation (HTx). The aim of this prospective study was to evaluate the impact of an immunosuppressive conversion from CNIs to mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) and steroids in cardiac...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Groetzner J,Kaczmarek I,Schirmer J,Uberfuhr P,Gulbins H,Daebritz S,Meiser B,Reichart B

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Norway living kidney donors account for approximately 40% of all renal transplants. There is a shortage of information about how living kidney donors experience the donation process during the initial recovery from surgery. The aim of this study was to explore physical and psychosocial issues related to the experie...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Andersen MH,Mathisen L,Øyen O,Wahl AK,Hanestad BR,Fosse E

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is currently the leading indication worldwide for orthotopic liver transplantation. However, the majority of patients receiving transplant for HCV eventually develop histopathologic evidence of recurrent allograft HCV and approximately 10% die or require retransplantation within the first 5 pos...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Leung JY,Abraczinskas DR,Bhan AK,Terella AM,Pascual M,Cosimi AB,Chung RT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The proportion of prospective living donors disqualified for medical reasons is unknown. The objective of this study is to delineate and quantify specific reasons for exclusion of prospective living donors from kidney donation. METHODS:All adult prospective kidney donors who contacted our transplant program...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lapasia JB,Kong SY,Busque S,Scandling JD,Chertow GM,Tan JC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective analysis of stable cadaveric renal transplant patients we identified 19 patients with high (> 270 mg/dl) and 12 patients with low (< 170 mg/dl) serum cholesterol levels. We found that patients with high cholesterol level had higher serum cyclosporine levels despite similar oral dose of cyclosporine,...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bastani B,Rittenhouse M,Garvin P

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:After cardiac transplant, there is often development of restrictive cardiac physiology. Little is known about the factors that contribute to this physiology and its correlation with pathology. Heart retransplantation provides a valuable opportunity to further understand this relationship. In this study, we investigate...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kobashigawa JA,Itagaki BK,Razi RR,Patel JK,Chai W,Kawano MA,Goldstein Z,Kittleson MM,Fishbein MC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haploidentical stem cell transplantation (SCT) is increasingly used to treat pediatric patients with malignant or nonmalignant hematological disorders. The CD34+ dose of bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cells (PBSCs) has been shown to be an important determinant of the transplant outcome in adults under various pr...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chen Y,Xu LP,Liu KY,Chen H,Chen YH,Zhang XH,Wang Y,Wang FR,Han W,Wang JZ,Yan CH,Huang XJ

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The pediatric end stage liver disease (PELD) score has been used widely to prioritize children awaiting cadaveric liver transplantation (LTx). To establish the objective parameter for optimal timing of living-related LTx (LRLTx), we have assessed our cases using the PELD score. METHODS:From 1997 to 2002, 24...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kimura T,Hasegawa T,Sasaki T,Shimizu Y,Mushiake S,Fukuzawa M,Okada A

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current web-based educational approaches about living kidney donation (LKD) are complex, lengthy, and/or text-laden, which may impair accurate interpretation of information, thereby limiting kidney transplant access. PURPOSE:This paper describes the process of developing animation-based LKD education design...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kayler LK,Dolph B,Seibert R,Keller M,Cadzow R,Feeley TH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective is to evaluate whether hyperglycemia in the first 48 h after renal transplantation is independently associated with rejection, post-operative infection and post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) in a retrospective cohort study. METHODS:Patients who received a renal transplant in our hospital...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： van den Berg TJ,Bogers H,Vriesendorp TM,Surachno JS,DeVries JH,ten Berge IJ,Hoekstra JB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the kidney transplant program at this center has been active for the past 18 yr, five out of the seven cases of post-transplant lymphoma in kidney transplant patients were observed over the past 2 yr. During this period, we have shifted from cyclosporine to tacrolimus (FK506 or prograf) for maintenance immuno...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ciancio G,Siquijor AP,Burke GW,Roth D,Cirocco R,Esquenazi V,Byrne GE Jr,Miller J

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary angiography (CA) is the gold standard evaluation of coronary artery disease in potential multi-organ donors. This use of iodinated contrast media could lead to contrast-induced acute kidney injury and consequently to delayed graft function (DGF). All patients in France who received a kidney from a 45-70-year-...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lesouhaitier M,Legeai C,Savoye E,Cantrelle C,Pipien I,Macher MA,Vigneau C,Dorent R

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac allograft rejection and failure may require mechanical circulatory support as bridge-to-retransplantation. Prognosis in this patient group is poor and implantable ventricular assist devices have had limited success due to organ failure associated with the high dose immunosuppression required to treat ongoing r...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kalya A,Jaroszewski D,Pajaro O,Scott R,Gopalan R,Kasper D,Arabia F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the independent association between pre-transplant prescription opioid use and readmission following liver transplantation. We reviewed the medical records of all patients at a single medical center undergoing primary, single-organ, liver transplantation from 2004 to 2014. We assess...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Rogal S,Mankaney G,Udawatta V,Good CB,Chinman M,Zickmund S,Bielefeldt K,Jonassaint N,Jazwinski A,Shaikh O,Hughes C,Humar A,DiMartini A,Fine MJ

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with severe liver disease and accompanying malnutrition may exhibit electrolyte disturbances including the magnesium balance. In 18 patients plasma magnesium (p-Mg) was determined at the start of the liver transplantation and during the anhepatic and reperfusion phases of the operation. The blood loss was 6.9...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Skak C,Ejlersen E,Mogensen T,Winkel P,Secher NH

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Renal transplantation is an excellent therapeutic alternative for end-stage renal diseases. Nevertheless, the cardiac function is often impaired in renal-transplant patients (RTR) and importantly determines their prognosis. Adrenomedullin (ADM), a peptide involved in cardiovascular homeostasis, is believed t...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Geny B,Ellero B,Chakfé N,Kretz JG,Brandenberger G,Piquard F

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischemia reperfusion injury (IRI) is an early, non-specific inflammatory response that follows perfusion of warm blood into a cold asanguinous organ following transplantation. The occurrence of IRI may have a pivotal impact on acute and long-term renal allograft function. Initially, IRI contributes to delayed graft fu...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Powell JT,Tsapepas DS,Martin ST,Hardy MA,Ratner LE

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The value of importing expanded criteria donor (ECD) kidneys is uncertain. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed our single-center experience with ECD kidney transplants (KT). RESULTS:Over 12.8 years, we performed 497 ECD KTs including 247 local and 250 imported from other donor service areas. The import ECD...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Khan MA,El-Hennawy H,Farney AC,Rogers J,Orlando G,Reeves-Daniel A,Palanisamy A,Gautreaux M,Iskandar S,Doares W,Kaczmorski S,Stratta RJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skin cancer is common after solid organ transplantation, but few have investigated it after lung transplant (LTx). OBJECTIVE:We assessed incidence and predictors of non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) post-LTx. METHODS:We studied patients who underwent LTx at our center from 2012 to 2015. RESULTS:Of 287 patie...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Elnahas S,Olson MT,Kang P,Panchanathan R,Masuda T,Walia R,Zeitouni NC,Smith MA,Bremner RM

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant erythrocytosis (PTE) has been increasingly recognized as a complication of kidney transplantation, and several risk factors have been defined. Recent evidence suggests renal function may also play a role in hematological recovery after transplantation and risk of PTE. In this study of kidney transplant...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Nankivell BJ,Allen RD,O'Connell PJ,Chapman JR

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In renal transplant patients receiving mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), maintaining an adequate dosing regimen has been shown to maximize short- and long-term outcomes. Gastrointestinal (GI) adverse events associated with MMF are frequent, and lead to MMF dose reduction or withdrawal in 40-50% of cases. Among MMF-treated ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bunnapradist S,Ambühl PM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Smoking is a major public health issue, and its effect on cardiovascular outcomes is well established. This study evaluates the impact of donor smoking on heart transplant (HT) outcomes. METHODS:HT recipients between January 1, 2005, and December 31, 2016, with known donor smoking status were queried from the ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hussain Z,Yu M,Wozniak A,Kim D,Krepostman N,Liebo M,Raichlin E,Heroux A,Joyce C,Ilias-Basha H

更新日期：2020-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for significant morbidity after kidney transplantation (KT). Screening for asymptomatic bacteruria (AB) has proven to be beneficial in certain population including pregnant women; however, it is not well-studied in KT population. We reviewed the incidence, clinical feat...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Goh YSB,Deng Z,Cheong PSC,Raman L,Goh THA,Vathsala A,Tiong HY

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine the incidence, risk factors, and consequences of acute rejection (AR) after conversion from a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) to a proliferation signal inhibitor (PSI) in maintenance heart transplantation. Relevant clinical data were retrospectively obtained for 284 long-term heart transplant recipi...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： González-Vílchez F,Vázquez de Prada JA,Paniagua MJ,Almenar L,Mirabet S,Gómez-Bueno M,Díaz-Molina B,Arizón JM,Delgado J,Pérez-Villa F,Crespo-Leiro MG,Martínez-Dolz L,Roig E,Segovia J,Lambert JL,Lopez-Granados A,Escribano P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shortage of kidney donors has led to broadening of the acceptance criteria for deceased donor organs beyond the traditional use of young donors. We determined long-term post-transplant outcomes in recipients of dual expanded criteria donor kidneys (dECD, n = 44) and compared them to recipients of standard criteria...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Salifu MO,Norin AJ,O'Mahony C,Sumrani N,Apel A,Ikram M,Alam A,Hayat A,Jindal RM,Friedman EA,Distant DA

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequent scarcity of organ donors has made it necessary to consider transplantation of organs that may have the potential to transmit hepatitis B virus (HBV) to the recipient. Previous reports have documented the probability of infection of particular recipient populations with transplanted livers from hepatitis B...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Dodson SF

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International data on training, work, and lifestyle of transplant physicians and surgeons are scarce. Such data might help in development of uniform education paths and provide insights for young clinicians interested in this field. This study aimed at the evaluation of these data in all transplant-associate...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hoyer DP,Kaiser GM,Cicinnati V,Radunz S,Braun F,Greif-Higer G,Schulze M,Schmidt HJ,Paul A,Beckebaum S

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00