Improving graft survival for patients undergoing liver transplantation.

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：BACKGROUND:There are little data on the pre- and post-liver transplantation (LT) outcomes of patients having autoimmune hepatitis-primary biliary cholangitis (AIH-PBC), AIH-primary sclerosing cholangitis (AIH-PSC), and AIH-small-duct PSC (AIH-SDPSC). The aim of this study was to analyze pre- and post-LT outcomes and su...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chayanupatkul M,Fiel MI,Schiano TD

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early steroid discontinuation (ESD) has been associated with a lower incidence of post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM). We retrospectively reviewed the incidence of PTDM in relation to racial groups in kidney transplant recipients treated with ESD. Between January 2002 and September 2003, 125 consecutive primary a...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Walczak DA,Calvert D,Jarzembowski TM,Testa G,Sankary HN,Thielke J,Oberholzer J,Benedetti E

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplantation was performed in a 24-yr-old woman with type AA systemic amyloidosis. Renal biopsy at 11 yr post-transplantation showed no amyloid recurrence, but the presence of mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis and focal segmental glomerular sclerosis. Renal function was satisfactory with the exceptio...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Nishikido M,Koga S,Kanetake H,Saito Y,Harada T,Taguchi T,Matsuya F,Shindo K

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic transplant recipients are at a high risk for foot pathology leading to amputation. This retrospective study from 1/85 to 2/95 examines the risk of foot complications in a population (n = 340) of diabetic renal and combined renal/pancreas transplant recipients. All groups suffered high lower extremity amputati...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kalker AJ,Pirsch JD,Heisey D,Sollinger HW,Belzer FO,Knechtle SJ,D'Alessandro AM

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Xenotransplantation is a potential strategy to overcome the shortage of human donor organs. As this technique has a major medical and psychological impact on patients and their family and friends, the attitude of patients currently waiting for organ transplantation is important. Therefore, we conducted a survey on the...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Stadlbauer V,Stiegler P,Müller S,Schweiger M,Sereingg M,Tscheliessnigg KH,Freidl W

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pharmacologic stress testing is utilized in preference to exercise stress echocardiography (ESE) for cardiac risk evaluation in potential renal transplant recipients due to the perceived lower feasibility of ESE for achieving adequate workload and target heart rate (THR) in this population. METHODS:Consecut...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Nerlekar N,Mulley W,Rehmani H,Ramkumar S,Cheng K,Vasanthakumar SA,Rashid H,Barton T,Nasis A,Meredith IT,Moir S,Mottram PM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus that most often causes asymptomatic infection in the immunocompetent population. In immunocompromised patients, including solid organ transplant (SOT) and hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients, however, it is likely to cause severe life-threatening infection. Post-...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Gajurel K,Dhakal R,Deresinski S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of patient with glioblastoma metastatic to the peritoneal cavity 9 months after ventriculoperitoneal shunt surgery precluding cadaver organ procurement is presented. Even though central nervous tumors rarely metastasize spontaneously, the literature indicates that systemic metastases are related to previous s...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Fecteau AH,Penn I,Hanto DW

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) reduces long-term graft survival. It is important to distinguish CLAD subtypes: bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS) and restrictive allograft syndrome (RAS) as RAS has a worse prognosis and accurate subtyping could facilitate targeted treatments. However, the current diagn...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Horie M,Saito T,Moseley J,D'Errico L,Salazar P,Nakajima D,Brock K,Yasufuku K,Binnie M,Keshavjee S,Paul N

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low birthweight is linked to hypertension, chronic kidney disease and even end-stage renal disease. We hypothesized that living kidney donors born with lower birthweight may be at increased risk of hypertension, albuminuria, or reduced GFR beyond what is typical following uninephrectomy. Two hundred fifty-seven living...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Berglund D,MacDonald D,Jackson S,Spong R,Issa N,Kukla A,Reule S,Weber M,Matas AJ,Ibrahim HN

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney transplant obstruction (KTO) following renal transplantation remains an important reversible cause of allograft dysfunction, requiring prompt diagnosis to prevent long-term graft damage. Although ultrasound can accurately diagnose renal transplant hydronephrosis, it cannot be used to assess its functional signi...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Nankivell BJ,Cohn DA,Spicer ST,Evans SG,Chapman JR,Gruenewald SM

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The therapeutic drug monitoring of mycophenolic acid (MPA) has been investigated for renal and heart transplantations; however, its usefulness in lung transplantation is unclear. METHODS:The MPA area under the plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) was calculated in 59 adult lung transplant recipients. The M...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Yabuki H,Matsuda Y,Watanabe T,Eba S,Hoshi F,Hirama T,Oishi H,Sado T,Noda M,Sakurada A,Kikuchi M,Yamaguchi H,Mano N,Okada Y

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Citrullinaemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder due to a deficiency of argininosuccinate synthetase (ASS). While the clinical course of the adult onset form (Type II) is unpredictable, many patients undergo sudden deterioration with progressive cerebral oedema. Two patients with Type II citrullinaemia were refer...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kawamoto S,Strong RW,Kerlin P,Lynch SV,Steadman C,Kobayashi K,Nakagawa S,Matsunami H,Akatsu T,Saheki T

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreas retransplantation has become more frequent and represents a technical challenge for surgeons. Knowledge of alternative surgical options could be useful in difficult cases. We present a case of brutal diabetes mellitus in a patient with severe vascular disease that underwent a third pancreas transplant. Diffic...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Garcia-Roca R,Humar A,Sturdevant M,Kobayashi T,Dunn T,Kandaswamy R,Sutherland D

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney transplant wait-list management is becoming increasingly complex. We introduced a novel wait-list management strategy at our center, the Transplant Readiness Assessment Clinic (TRAC), whereby patients whose Kidney Allocation Scores surpass a threshold are actively managed. From January 1, 2016 through June 30, ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Cheng XS,Busque S,Lee J,Discipulo K,Hartley C,Tulu Z,Scandling JD,Tan JC

更新日期：2018-11-01 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：:The importance of the size of the infused marrow cell dose (MCD) was investigated in 274 patients undergoing allogeneic BMT between 1975 and 1990. Among those, 65 had acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), 79 acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), 58 chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) and 25 severe aplastic anemia (SAA). MC...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Paulin T

更新日期：1992-02-01 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：:The exact mechanism of acute and chronic allograft rejection still remains unclear. The chemokine SDF-1 as mediator of allograft rejection has been under intensive investigation in liver, cardiac and bone marrow transplantation, whereas in renal transplantation, there are no reports about SDF-1 to date. This study was...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hoffmann U,Banas B,Krüger B,Banas M,Bergler T,Böger C,Kammerl M,Obed A,Rümmele P,Segerer S,Riegger GA,Krämer BK

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 2006, model for end-stage liver disease (MELD)-based allocation was implemented in the Eurotransplant (ET) region. Sick patients, who in general require more resources, are prioritized. In this analysis, the effect of MELD on costs for liver transplantation (LTx) was assessed. METHODS:Total costs for L...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bruns H,Hillebrand N,Schneider T,Hinz U,Fischer L,Schmidt J,Goldschmidt AJ,Schemmer P

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, several researchers have unraveled the previously unrecognized effects of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) on hematopoiesis and the immune cell functions of bone marrow in healthy donors. In human leukocyte antigen-matched or haploidentical transplant settings, available data have establi...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chang YJ,Huang XJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The burden of mast cell (MC) infiltration and their phenotypes, MC-tryptase (MCT ) and MC-tryptase/chymase (MCTC ), after lung transplantation (LT) has not been evaluated in human studies. METHODS:We reviewed 20 transbronchial lung biopsy (TBLB) specimen from patients with early normal allograft (<6 months ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Banga A,Han Y,Wang X,Hsieh FH

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the aim to improve the inferior outcomes in elderly recipients of kidneys from elderly cadaver donors, we applied and investigated a therapeutic regimen consisting of calcineurin inhibitor (CNI)-free, mycophenolate mofetil (MMF)-based immunosuppressive (i.s.) induction/maintenance protocol. In this arti...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Arbogast H,Hückelheim H,Schneeberger H,Illner WD,Tarabichi A,Fertmann J,Wimmer CD,Hillebrand GF,Mistry-Burchardi N,Thomae R,Acikgöz A,Land W

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined histological features of allograft biopsies in ABO minor-mismatched kidney transplantation. Forty-five patients who underwent ABO minor-mismatched kidney transplantation between September 1999 and December 2001 at our institute. The mean age was 32.6 years, with 28 males and 17 females. We divided them int...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Shimizu T,Tanabe K,Tokumoto T,Shimmura H,Ishikawa N,Ishida H,Toma H,Kawaguchi H,Tokiwa M,Yamaguchi Y

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report of twins who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for neonatal acute leukemia. Hospitalized in the same room from the time the first one demonstrated respiratory symptoms, they both developed Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia (PCP) 2 wk apart. This observation suggests th...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Resnick IB,Averbuch D,Aker M,Engelhard D

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a pathology often found in patients with end-stage lung disease. Although in the past CAD might have been considered an absolute contraindication, modern revascularization techniques have helped increase the number of transplants performed in this population. However, discrepancies in ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sinha N,Balayla G,Braghiroli J

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intraoperative fluid management during laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) may have a significant effect on donor and recipient outcomes. We sought to quantify variability in fluid management and investigate its impact on donor and recipient outcomes. METHODS:A retrospective review of patients who underwen...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Williams AM,Kumar SS,Bhatti UF,Biesterveld BE,Kathawate RG,Sung RS,Woodside KJ,Englesbe MJ,Alameddine MB,Waits SA

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:BK virus nephropathy (BKVN) has been proposed as an important cause of allograft dysfunction and loss in kidney allograft recipient over the last decade. Intense immunosuppression and tubular injury have been shown to promote the replication of polyomavirus. 15-deoxyspergualin (DSG), an effective immunosuppre...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Shi Y,Moriyama T,Namba Y,Yamanaka M,Hanafuse T,Imamura R,Ichimaru N,Oka K,Kyo M,Tian Y,Takahara S,Ichikawa S,Okuyama A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a previously unrecognized late complication of allograft lung transplantation - persistent recurrent atelectasis of the transplanted lung. The patient developed sudden, severe respiratory distress about 2 yr after a right lung transplant, because of acute atelectasis of her transplanted lung. Multiple transb...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Zhao Y,Al-Kaade S,Keller CA,deMello DE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00