Prognostic role of pre-transplantation serum C-reactive protein levels in patients with acute leukemia undergoing myeloablative allogeneic stem cell transplantation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) is associated with increased right ventricular failure and mortality after heart transplantation. METHODS:In this prospective study, 22 patients considered high-risk candidates for heart transplantation because of severe pulmonary hypertension (PVR = 6 ± 2 Wood ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Perez-Villa F,Farrero M,Cardona M,Castel MA,Tatjer I,Penela D,Vallejos I

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：: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：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：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: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：:Although patients within a transplant program are awaiting or have received disease modifying or curative treatment, they are also facing advanced illness and the possibility of death. The involvement of specialized palliative care services for these patients may improve symptom management and facilitate advance care ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Wentlandt K,Dall'Osto A,Freeman N,Le LW,Kaya E,Ross H,Singer LG,Abbey S,Clarke H,Zimmermann C

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Either deceased or living-related renal transplantation constitutes the best therapeutic option for patients with end-stage renal disease. In this retrospective study, an attempt to identify parameters that affect allograft survival in living donor renal transplantation was made. METHODS:Between January 2...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kostakis ID,Moris DN,Barlas A,Bokos I,Darema M,Theodoropoulou E,Karaolanis G,Kostakis A,Boletis I,Zavos G

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Aortoiliac pathology in kidney allograft recipients is not rare but treatment timing is controversial. As most publications on this topic are case reports its difficult to evaluate long-term outcomes of those clinical challenges. Herein we report long-term results of these procedures. METHODS:From 1970 to...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Tsivian M,Neri F,Nardo B,Bertelli R,Cavallari G,Fuga G,Faenza A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Medicare pays for 80% of the cost of immunosuppressant agents needed within the first 3 years of solid organ transplantation; however, many patients cannot afford the remaining 20%. Furthermore, many patients who are beyond 3 years post-transplantation and have prescription coverage cannot afford the co-paym...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chisholm MA,Vollenweider LJ,Mulloy LL,Wynn JJ,Wade WE,DiPiro JT

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In live related renal transplant program, management of multiple renal arteries (MRA) is technically demanding and used to be considered a relative contraindication because of increased risk of vascular and urologic complications. We present a retrospective analysis of the outcome of grafts with MRA and suggest certai...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kumar A,Gupta RS,Srivastava A,Bansal P

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We analyzed the influence on allograft survival of pretransplant panel reactive antibodies (PRA) < 10%, PRA > 10%, autoantibodies, cold antibodies and a positive B cell crossmatch in 807 renal and 237 cardiac transplant recipients. Donors and recipients were predominantly of mixed ancestry (Khoi, San, Xhosa and Caucas...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Creemers P,Brink J,Kahn D

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：:Acute renal failure is a significant risk factor for death in patients with liver failure. The goal of this study was to analyze the impact of peri-transplant dialysis on the long-term mortality of liver transplant recipients. We performed a single-center, retrospective cohort study of 743 adult liver transplants; pat...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Zand MS,Orloff MS,Abt P,Patel S,Tsoulfas G,Kashyap R,Jain A,Safadjou S,Bozorgzadeh A

更新日期：2011-03-01 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 AND OBJECTIVES:The risk of de novo donor-specific antibody (dnDSA) development following BK viremia (BKV) or nephropathy (BKN) after kidney transplant remains unclear. We aimed to evaluate the relationships among dnDSA, BKV (BK blood PCR > 15 000 copies), BKN, antibody-mediated rejection (AMR), and allograft...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Cheungpasitporn W,Kremers WK,Lorenz E,Amer H,Cosio FG,Stegall MD,Gandhi MJ,Schinstock CA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These updated guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Infectious Diseases Community of Practice address the prevention and management of Clostridium difficile infection in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) is among the most common h...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Mullane KM,Dubberke ER,AST ID Community of Practice.

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The colloid-based University of Wisconsin (UW) preservation solution has been used extensively in clinical pancreas transplantation. Experimental studies support the use of the crystalloid-based histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate (HTK) preservation solution for this purpose. AIM:We report our initial experi...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Potdar S,Malek S,Eghtesad B,Shapiro R,Basu A,Patel K,Broznick B,Fung J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) are the mainstay of immunosuppression after liver transplantation (LT), but CNIs are associated with significant nephrotoxicity. Recently, mTOR inhibitors such as sirolimus and everolimus (EVR) have been used with or without CNIs in LT recipients for their renal-sparing effect. We conducte...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lin M,Mittal S,Sahebjam F,Rana A,Sood GK

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:When a patient who had renal replacement therapy becomes older, an elder donor candidate may be considered as a potential donor for living-related transplantation. Elder donor candidate might have pre-existing disease including mild renal dysfunction, such as proteinuria. Marginally appropriate donors migh...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Akioka K,Okamoto M,Ushigome H,Nobori S,Suzuki T,Sakai K,Sakamoto S,Urasaki K,Yanagisawa A,Fukatsu A,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the relevance of the migratory processes in Western societies, the attitudes toward organ donation after death are analyzed by means of a survey applied to a representative random sample of the resident immigrant population in Spain, comprising 1202 subjects (estimated margin of error of ± 2.88%, p = q, p ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： López JS,Valentín MO,Scandroglio B,Coll E,Martín MJ,Sagredo E,Martínez JM,Serna E,Matesanz R

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:Of 1463 liver allograft recipients receiving the combination of FK506 and steroids as their primary immunosuppressive regimen, 2 patients developed Kaposi's sarcoma. Although previously described as a complication of organ transplantation, this is the first case report of Kaposi's sarcoma occurring in association with...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kadry Z,Bronsther O,Van Thiel DH,Randhawa P,Fung JJ,Starzl TE

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to investigate the characteristics of lung transplant recipients requiring additional pleural drainage catheters early post-lung transplantation and to determine the safety and efficacy of intrapleural fibrinolytics in these patients. METHODS:A retrospective review of lung transplant recipi...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kao CC,Cuevas JF,Tuthill S,Parulekar AD

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to see whether lessons could be learned from the prospectively maintained nationwide database on solitary pancreas transplantation (SPTx) performed in the UK. METHODS:Two hundred and forty-five SPTx were utilized from the 2004-2013 period (113 pancreas transplant alone and 132 panc...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Vrakas G,Arantes RM,Gerlach U,Reddy S,Friend P,Vaidya A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing acute care utilization is a means of improving long-term patient outcomes. We sought to assess high inpatient (IP) admission and standalone emergency department (ED) utilization within a 9-month period post-kidney transplantation and to identify mutable factors to reduce utilization. In this ten-year retrospe...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Weeda ER,Su Z,Taber DJ,Bian J,Morinelli TA,Pilch NA,Mauldin PD,DuBay DA

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Use of C(2) monitoring for cyclosporine A (CsA) microemulsion results in improved clinical outcomes vs. trough (C(0)) monitoring. Logistical issues include accurate timing of the C(2) sample; requirement for sample dilution with most standard assay techniques; and inconvenience for patients. Recently, it has been show...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Yonan N,Martyszczuk R,Machaal A,Baynes A,Keevil BG

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) after pancreas transplantation is a rare but serious complication: All previously reported cases were fatal. We herein report three cases of GVHD after pancreas transplantation with favorable outcomes. Patients with a history of kidney (and pancreas) transplantation subsequently receiv...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chang Jw,Sageshima J,Ciancio G,Mattiazzi A,Chen L,Tsai HL,Ruiz P,Burke GW 3rd

更新日期：2014-02-01 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