Crystalloid flush with backward unclamping may decrease post-reperfusion cardiac arrest and improve short-term graft function when compared to portal blood flush with forward unclamping during liver transplantation.

abstract：:Criteria for organ acceptance in brain-dead organ donors remain inconsistent, especially when concerning pancreatic transplants. We sought to examine donor-specific predictors of pancreatic graft use and survival to better guide the selection and management of potential donors. A prospective observational study of all...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sally MB,Ellis MK,Hutchens M,Groat T,Swanson E,Patel MS,Niemann CU,Malinoski DJ

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of the study was to assess the relationship between social support and immunosuppressant therapy adherence among adult renal transplant recipients. METHODS:A cross-sectional, survey design was employed. Mailed questionnaires were used to collect data from 81 recipients, and included the Immunosu...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chisholm-Burns MA,Spivey CA,Wilks SE

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Conversion from calcineurin inhibitor (CI)-based maintenance immunosuppression to sirolimus (SRL)-based immunosuppression may be beneficial in selected renal transplant recipients. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a daclizumab (DAC) bridge protocol in patients converted ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sundberg AK,Rohr MS,Hartmann EL,Adams PL,Stratta RJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After pancreas transplantation (PTx) some patients report occasional symptoms of hypoglycaemia and at times, serious hypoglycaemia. Continuous blood glucose monitoring (CBGM) allows determination of the daily glucose profile and detection of unrecognized hypoglycaemia. The aims of our study were to determine...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Esmatjes E,Flores L,Vidal M,Rodriguez L,Cortés A,Almirall L,Ricart MJ,Gomis R

更新日期：2003-12-01 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:The purpose of this work was to investigate the association of vertebral and peripheral fractures 10 yr after grafting with bone metabolic markers and body mass density (BMD). PATIENTS AND METHODS:One hundred thirty-eight recipients with stable graft function were included in a cross-sectional study. Graft ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Jiménez S,Marcén R,Vaamonde C,Caballero C,Fernández-Rodríguez A,Villafruela JJ,Galeano C,Teruel JL,Quereda C

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of the liver biopsy for establishing a diagnosis of liver allograft rejection was investigated by examining under code 151 liver biopsies from 32 recipients and correlating the results with the clinical diagnosis determined by chart review. One-hundred-and-four biopsies were obtained to evaluate the cause of...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Aran PP,Bissel MG,Whitington PF,Bostwick DG,Adamac T,Baker AL

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplantation remains the definitive treatment for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The shorter renal vein in right donor nephrectomies is associated with higher incidence of technical failure. We present here our experience with autologous internal jugular vein (IJV) conduits to facilitate living-donor transpl...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lu T,Yi SG,Bismuth J,Knight RJ,Gaber AO,Bechara CF

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We performed a retrospective cohort study to determine the prognostic value of standard criteria donor/expanded criteria donor (SCD/ECD) designation, with regard to one-yr GFR and graft survival rate, in a region with short, cold ischemic time (CIT), and how this designation compares with the kidney donor ri...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Han M,Jeong JC,Koo TY,Jeon HJ,Kwon HY,Kim YJ,Ryu HJ,Ahn C,Yang J

更新日期：2014-03-01 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：:Although steroid avoidance and withdrawal in renal transplant recipients (RTR) are actively being evaluated by physicians, the attitudes of recipients toward steroid use have not been systematically studied in the modern era. We conducted a confidential written survey of single-organ adult RTR pertaining to prednisone...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Prasad GV,Nash MM,McFarlane PA,Zaltzman JS

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our purpose was to determine the complication rate from intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) in a large, multicenter cohort of pediatric heart transplant (PHT) patients. METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all PHT who underwent IVUS at 5 institutions (2006-2014). Rates of major and minor complications were calcu...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Auerbach SR,Fenton MJ,Grutter G,Albert DC,Di-Filippo S,Burch M,Kuhn MA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with failing Fontan physiology and liver cirrhosis are being considered for combined heart and liver transplantation. We performed a retrospective review of our experience with en bloc combined heart and liver transplantation in Fontan patients > 10 years old from 2006 to 18 per Institutional Review Board app...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Vaikunth SS,Concepcion W,Daugherty T,Fowler M,Lutchman G,Maeda K,Rosenthal DN,Teuteberg J,Woo YJ,Lui GK

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Liver transplantation with livers grafts from elderly donors has been associated with a higher risk of biliary complications. The aim of this study was to examine whether our national protocol could contribute to a lower incidence of biliary complications. METHODS:All adult recipients in the Netherlands tra...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Westerkamp AC,Korkmaz KS,Bottema JT,Ringers J,Polak WG,van den Berg A,van Hoek B,Metselaar HJ,Porte RJ

更新日期：2015-07-01 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：:The aim of this study was to determine whether patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) on hemodialysis (HD) undergoing kidney transplant evaluation are at higher risk for colonic neoplasia than the general population. This is a retrospective cohort study of patients with ESKD who underwent a first screening colo...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Saumoy M,Jesudian AB,Aden B,Serur D,Sundararajan S,Sivananthan G,Gambarin-Gelwan M

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To clarify the predictive impact of expanded criteria for liver transplantation (LT) for patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in 54 patients with HCC beyond the Milan criteria (MC) from a series of 109 consecutive living-related donor liver transplantation (LDLT) recipients with HCC. METHODS:Among 54...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Shirabe K,Taketomi A,Morita K,Soejima Y,Uchiyama H,Kayashima H,Ninomiya M,Toshima T,Maehara Y

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) combined with conventional cyclosporine and steroids doses efficiently prevents acute rejection in kidney transplants. However, this regimen has been associated with an increased incidence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease and leukopenia, specially in patients receiving MMF at 3 g/d, suggest...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Moreso F,Serón D,Morales JM,Cruzado JM,Gil-Vernet S,Pérez JL,Fulladosa X,Andrés A,Grinyó JM

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein report the first case of immunosuppression-associated thrombotic microangiopathy (TMA) in which an extrarenal graft was primarily affected by the characteristic microvascular lesions. Although TMA is a well-known complication of cyclosporine (CSA) or tacrolimus therapy in renal and extrarenal (liver, heart, ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Humar A,Jessurun J,Sharp HL,Gruessner RW

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As fertility can be restored to normal soon after a kidney transplant, it is important for physicians caring for recipients to be able to inform the patient about the potential risks of pregnancy. Current opinion is that pregnancy can be successful if carried out under optimal circumstances, including stable allograft...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Concepcion BP,Schaefer HM

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of additional venous reconstruction on morphologic and functional regeneration of the anterior segment of right-lobe liver grafts was compared among three groups according to graft type: right liver graft without the middle hepatic vein (MHV) or MHV tributaries (n=7), with MHV tributaries (n=25) and with th...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Mizuno S,Iida T,Yagi S,Usui M,Sakurai H,Isaji S,Uemoto S

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sezer S, Ozdemir FN, Akcay A, Arat Z, Boyacioglu S, Haberal M. Renal transplantation offers a better survival in HCV-infected ESRD patients. Clin Transplant 2004 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0012.2004.00252. Abstract: The presence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection has been found to adversely affect the morbidity and mortali...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sezer S,Ozdemir FN,Akcay A,Arat Z,Boyacioglu S,Haberal M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A lack of research exploring post-transplant process optimization to reduce readmissions and increasing readmission rates at our center from 2009 to 2013 led to this study, aimed at assessing the effect of patient and process factors on 30-d readmission rates after kidney transplantation. This was a retrospective case...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Covert KL,Fleming JN,Staino C,Casale JP,Boyle KM,Pilch NA,Meadows HB,Mardis CR,McGillicuddy JW,Nadig S,Bratton CF,Chavin KD,Baliga PK,Taber DJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEI) has become recognized as agents that have renoprotective effects in the treatment of progressive renal diseases including post-transplant kidneys. Previously we demonstrated the safety and effectiveness of ACEI treatment on the hypertensive proteinuric post-transplant pat...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

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

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infections are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in renal transplant recipients. To study the impact of anti-rejection therapy on the timing of infections, the records of 599 consecutive renal transplants, performed prior to 31 December 1996 at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, were reviewed. Patients were gro...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Jamil B,Nicholls KM,Becker GJ,Walker RG

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：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：:Multidetector computed tomography (MDCT) angiography is a reliable technique for assessing pre-operative renal anatomy in living kidney donors. The method has largely evolved into protocols that eliminate dedicated venous phase and instead utilize a combined arterial/venous phase to delineate arterial and venous anato...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kulkarni S,Emre S,Arvelakis A,Asch W,Bia M,Formica R,Israel G

更新日期：2011-01-01 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:Methamphetamine (MA) has cumulative deleterious effects on multiple organ systems. A history of MA exposure in kidney donors may affect adversely graft function in recipients. METHODS:Between September 2000 and March 2004, all deceased kidney donors were identified from the local registry (97 donors). Twent...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Inouye DS,Kickertz K,Wong LL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00