Graft volume as the surrogate marker for nephron number affects the outcomes of living-donor kidney transplantation.

abstract：:Sauropus androgymus (SA), a vegetable of the Euphorbiaceae family, is a common food source in Malaysia. In Taiwan, over 30 patients have developed progressive respiratory failure after consuming the extract from raw SA leaves as a means of losing weight. Symptoms consistent with a severe obstructive ventilatory defect...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Luh SP,Lee YC,Chang YL,Wu HD,Kuo SH,Chu SH

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a female with chronic pancreatitis who underwent multiple surgical procedures leading to total resection of the pancreas with successful islet auto-transplantation. Postoperatively, she developed heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. Heparinization prior to islet infusion is currently recommended to ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Rastellini C,Brown ML,Cicalese L

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection complicates the post-operative course of patients receiving solid organ transplants. While ganciclovir has significantly reduced the direct effects of CMV infection, some patients cannot tolerate the optimal therapeutic exposure required for CMV prevention and treatment. Few reports dir...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Danziger-Isakov L,Mark Baillie G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is unclear whether a concomitant kidney transplant grants survival benefit to liver transplant (LT) candidates with renal dysfunction (RD). We retrospectively studied LT candidates without RD (n = 714) and LT candidates with RD who underwent either liver transplant alone (RD-LTA; n = 103) or simultaneous liver-kidn...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Brennan TV,Lunsford KE,Vagefi PA,Bostrom A,Ma M,Feng S

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A "new" fast track kidney allocation scheme (FTKAS) was implemented in the UK in 2012 for offering of previously declined kidneys. We evaluated the impact of the FTKAS in utilization of declined kidneys and outcome. METHODS:Adult renal transplant centers were surveyed. Overall utilization was evaluated us...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： White AD,Roberts H,Ecuyer C,Brady K,Pathak S,Clark B,Hostert LH,Attia MS,Wellberry-Smith M,Hudson A,Ahmad N

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Thrombosis of the pancreas after transplantation is the most common cause of relaparotomy and resultant graft loss. There is currently no standard protocol consistently proven to prevent thrombosis following transplantation. Our objective was to determine whether our protocol of post-operative low-dose int...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Aboalsamh G,Anderson P,Al-Abbassi A,McAlister V,Luke PP,Sener A

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of a narrow therapeutic window has guided the management of transplant recipients on cyclosporine immunosuppression since its inception more than a decade ago. The need to maintain immunosuppression and avoid toxicity imposed the requirement of monitoring cyclosporine levels within a limited range. The use...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Takasugi M,Takasugi JK,Barba L

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:End-stage renal disease is associated with illness-induced disruptions that challenge patients and their families to accommodate and adapt. However, the impact of patients' marital status on kidney transplant outcome has never been studied. This project, based on data from United States Renal Data System (US...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Naiman N,Baird BC,Isaacs RB,Koford JK,Habib AN,Wang BJ,Barenbaum LL,Goldfarb-Rumyantzev AS

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of donor-derived hematopoietic cells in blood and various tissues of the organ recipients, termed allogeneic microchimerism, has been considered to play an essential role in establishment of organ acceptance. In this study, we prospectively determined the presence of peripheral blood microchimerism (PBM) ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Tajik N,Singal D,Pourmand G,Ebrahimi-Rad M,Radjabzadeh M,Tavasoli P,Khosravi F,Nikbin B

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABO-incompatibility is a major obstacle to expanding exiguous donor pools in adult liver transplantation, especially in countries where grafts from deceased donors are uncommon. We present our preliminary results of ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) adult living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) using a new, simple protocol. ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Soejima Y,Muto J,Matono R,Ninomiya M,Ikeda T,Yoshizumi T,Uchiyama H,Ikegami T,Shirabe K,Maehara Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the scarcity of organ resources available for transplantation, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is gaining growing importance in the treatment of chronically terminal liver diseases. In the period between December 1999 and October 2000, 47 potential living liver donors were evaluated and 24 right h...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Walter M,Bronner E,Pascher A,Steinmüller T,Neuhaus P,Klapp BF,Danzer G

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Invasive fungal infections (IFI) are associated with significant morbidity and mortality in lung transplant recipients (LTRs). However, data outlining use of echinocandins in prophylaxis and therapy of LTRs are limited. METHOD:A single-center retrospective cohort study on all LTRs from January-2010 to Decem...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Al Jishi Y,Rotstein C,Kumar D,Humar A,Singer LG,Keshavjee S,Husain S

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the general population, obesity is associated with an increased risk of developing hypertension (HTN), type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM), and end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Therefore, most transplant centers have a body mass index (BMI) threshold for accepting living kidney donors. But there have been no studies of po...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Issa N,Sánchez OA,Kukla A,Riad SM,Berglund DM,Ibrahim HN,Matas AJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms (IPMNs) of the pancreas are increasingly recognized in clinical practice. There are no published data suggesting a management approach for the potential organ transplant recipient with the incidental finding of this pre-malignant lesion. METHODS:The recipient was a 6...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Fridell JA,Vianna R,Mangus RS,Kazimi M,Hollinger E,Joseph Tector A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A better understanding of the immunobiological processes and predictors of graft rejection holds promise for the development of potential therapeutic strategies and also individualization of immunosuppression. The objective of this study is to analyze the clinical relevance of immune parameters such as antidonor antih...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Panigrahi A,Deka R,Bhowmik D,Dash SC,Tiwari SC,Guleria S,Mehta SN,Mehra NK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stroke incidence is high in end-stage renal disease, and risk factors differ between the dialysis and general populations. However, risk factors and outcomes following renal transplantation remain unclear. We analyzed all adult patients with a functioning renal transplant from 01/01/2007 to 12/31/2012. Data were extra...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Findlay MD,Thomson PC,MacIsaac R,Jardine AG,Patel RK,Stevens KK,Rutherford E,Clancy M,Geddes CC,Dawson J,Mark PB

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid-resistant acute rejection (SR-AR) and ductopenic rejection (DR) after liver transplantation are infrequent, but difficult to manage. We performed a retrospective review of patients with SR-AR or DR treated with sirolimus-based therapy. Since 2002, we have treated five patients with SR-AR and eight patients wit...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lladó L,Fabregat J,Castellote J,Ramos E,Torras J,Serrano T,Figueras J,Rafecas A

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transfusion protocols are not well-studied for pediatric patients with acute liver failure (ALF). This study evaluates the utility of an international normalized ratio (INR)-based transfusion threshold for these patients. METHODS:Forty-four ALF pediatric patients from 2009 to 2018 were reviewed and divide...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lee A,Mendoza J,Brubaker AL,Stoltz DJ,McKenzie R,Bonham CA,Esquivel CO,Gallo AE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate pancreatic function in total parenteral nutrition (TPN)-dependent children with permanent intestinal failure by measuring immunoreactive trypsinogen (IRT) levels. Between 1992 and 1996, 105 pediatric patients with permanent intestinal failure were referred to the Children's Hospit...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Rovera GM,Sigurdsson L,Reyes J,Bouch LD,Naylor EW,Kocoshis SA

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the effect of donor liver resident mesenchymal cells, M2 macrophages on liver graft outcome after living donor liver transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seventy donor biopsies were included in the study. Outcomes at day 3, 7, 30, and 180 postliver transplantation were assessed. Mesenchymal stem cel...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Nigam N,Bihari C,Lal D,Rastogi A,Kumar S,Pamecha V,Kaur S,Kumar A,Sarin SK

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histopathologic diagnoses in transplantation can be improved with molecular testing. Preferably, molecular diagnostics should fit into standard-of-care workflows for transplant biopsies, that is, formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) processing. The NanoString(®) gene expression platform has recently been shown to w...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Adam B,Afzali B,Dominy KM,Chapman E,Gill R,Hidalgo LG,Roufosse C,Sis B,Mengel M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although innate immunity is crucial to host defense against pathogens, the extent to which innate immune mechanisms participate in the rejection of allogenic tissues in humans is unknown. We hypothesize that activation of innate immunity through Toll-like receptors (TLRs) critically regulates the development...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Palmer SM,Burch LH,Mir S,Smith SR,Kuo PC,Herczyk WF,Reinsmoen NL,Schwartz DA

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplantation is presently the best treatment for end-stage renal disease, although considered contraindicated for elderly patients. However, more investigation is needed due to higher life expectancy rates of the general population and the increasing number of over 60-yr-old patients with chronic renal failur...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Mendonça HM,Dos Reis MA,de Castro de Cintra Sesso R,Câmara NO,Pacheco-Silva A

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Flow cytometry crossmatch (FCXM) is a more sensitive technique than classical complement-dependent cytotoxicity (CDC) for the detection of donor-directed antibody before renal transplantation. Nevertheless, the role of FCXM in predicting long-term survival of kidney grafts is still unclear. The purpose of our study wa...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Rebibou JM,Bittencourt MC,Saint-Hillier Y,Chabod J,Dupont I,Bittard H,Chalopin JM,Hervé P,Tiberghien P

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Temporary portocaval shunt and total hepatectomy is a technique used in the presence of toxic liver syndrome because of fulminant hepatic failure, hepatic trauma, primary non-function (PNF), and eclampsia. We performed this technique on four patients. An indication for anhepatic state was severe hemodynamic instabilit...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Montalti R,Busani S,Masetti M,Girardis M,Di Benedetto F,Begliomini B,Rompianesi G,Rinaldi L,Ballarin R,Pasetto A,Gerunda GE

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porto-pulmonary hypertension with moderate or severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is viewed as a contraindication to liver transplantation (LT) because of associated poor outcomes; however, patients with biliary atresia (BA) are generally good candidates for LT. Ten patients with moderate/severe PAH underwent...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ogawa E,Hori T,Doi H,Segawa H,Uemoto S

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tacrolimus is the cornerstone of immunosuppressive therapy after kidney transplantation. Its narrow therapeutic window mandates serum level strict monitoring and dose adjustments to ensure the optimal risk-benefit balance. This observational retrospective study analyzed the effectiveness and safety of conversion from ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sánchez Fructuoso A,Ruiz JC,Franco A,Diekmann F,Redondo D,Calviño J,Serra N,Aladrén MJ,Cigarrán S,Manonelles A,Ramos A,Gómez G,González Posada JM,Andrés A,Beneyto I,Muñiz AL,Perelló M,Lauzurica R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tacrolimus (TAC) is a useful immunosuppressive agent in the prevention of rejection. However, the blood level between its therapeutic and toxic levels is narrow such that its nephrotoxicity is a problem. Moreover, its bioavailability and pharmacokinetics are highly variable. We experienced a case of acute nephrotoxici...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Watanabe S,Yamaguchi Y,Hattori M,Chikamoto H,Matsumoto N,Suzuki T,Oonishi M,Horita S,Tokumoto T,Tanabe K,Shiraga H,Toma H,Ito K

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tacrolimus (FK506) in adult kidney-transplant recipients has been the subject of a number of single- and multi-center studies. This review article focuses on those studies in which tacrolimus was used either as rescue therapy in patients who developed refractory rejection on cyclosporine (CyA)-based regimen...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Laskow DA,Neylan JF 3rd,Shapiro RS,Pirsch JD,Vergne-Marini PJ,Tomlanovich SJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to play a role in preventing development of both acute and chronic rejection. New evidence also suggests that HMGCoA reductase inhibitors may have an immunomodulatory effect and may decrease the incidence of rejection in both animal and human transplant models. Omega-3 fatty acids a...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Katznelson S,Wilkinson AH

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00