Kidney donor risk index is a good prognostic tool for graft outcomes in deceased donor kidney transplantation with short, cold ischemic time.

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：:Micafungin has been approved for the prophylaxis of Candida infections in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT). Here, we report a single-center experience of three different dose levels regarding efficacy, toxicity, and colonization with Candida ssp. in clinical practice. ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Langebrake C,Rohde H,Lellek H,Wolschke C,Kröger NM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplantation offers patients with end-stage renal disease the best opportunity for rehabilitation and long-term survival. However, there is a critical shortage of transplantable kidneys worldwide. This plays well into the hands of transplanters and entrepreneurs involved in commercial renal transplantation, p...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Qunibi W,Abulrub D,Shaheen F,el-Din AB,Alfurayh O,Almeshari K

更新日期：1995-08-01 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:Arterial stiffness and left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) are major independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease in healthy and renal population. In this study, we aimed to investigate comparative long-term effects of renal transplantation (RTx) and of hemodialysis (HD) on both arterial stiffness and ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Keven K,Calayoglu R,Sengul S,Dincer I,Kutlay S,Erturk S,Erbay B,Nergizoglu G

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of potential kidney transplant recipients is important to identify and treat conditions that may influence graft or patient survival after transplantation. We performed a single-center, observational cohort study to determine whether pretransplant midodrine use influences outcomes after kidney transplantati...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Pottebaum AA,Hagopian JC,Brennan DC,Gharabagi A,Horwedel TA

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In fact, death from cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of graft loss in kidney transplant (KTx) patients. Compared to patients on dialysis, CKD patients with KTx have increased qu...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Tooley JE,Bohl DD,Kulkarni S,Rodriguez-Davalos MI,Mangi A,Mulligan DC,Yoo PS

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：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：:The study explores the prevalence of unrecognized diabetes mellitus (DM), the incidence and risk factors new onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) and determines whether patient survival differs between patients with transient (NODM that resolves) compared with those with fixed NODM. This is a single center review of solitar...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kiberd M,Panek R,Kiberd BA

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increasing shortage of donor organs and changes in organ allocation systems, there is a considerable need for alternative or supportive techniques in the field of liver transplantation. Liver cell transplantation (LCT) is such an innovative technique that is especially promising for use in children, because it is...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Meyburg J,Schmidt J,Hoffmann GF

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The evaluation and care of non-US citizen, non-US residents who wish to come to the United States to serve as international living kidney donors (ILKDs) can pose unique challenges. We surveyed US transplant programs to better understand practices related to ILKD care. We distributed the survey by email and professiona...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lentine KL,Motter JD,Henderson ML,Hays RE,Shukhman E,Hunt J,Al Ammary F,Kumar V,LaPointe Rudow D,Van Pilsum Rasmussen SE,Nishio-Lucar AG,Schaefer HM,Cooper M,Mandelbrot DA

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:Acute renal failure (ARF) is a common and severe complication after liver transplantation (LT). The aim of this study was to ascertain the impact of ARF requiring dialysis in the outcome of LT and to analyze the risk factors leading to this event in the early post-operative period. From October 1988 to December 1994, ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bilbao I,Charco R,Balsells J,Lazaro JL,Hidalgo E,Llopart L,Murio E,Margarit C

更新日期：1998-04-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Previously, increasing age has been a part of the exclusion criteria used when determining eligibility for a pancreas transplant. However, the analysis of pancreas transplantation outcomes based on age groupings has largely been based on single-center reports. METHODS:A UNOS database review of all adult p...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Siskind E,Maloney C,Akerman M,Alex A,Ashburn S,Barlow M,Siskind T,Bhaskaran M,Ali N,Basu A,Molmenti E,Ortiz J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated tolerability and efficacy of ezetimibe treatment (10 mg/d) in 25 heart allograft recipients already on stable statin therapy. Total cholesterol (TC), low-density cholesterol (LDL-C), high-density cholesterol (HDL-C), triglycerides (TG), immunosuppressant drug levels, laboratory and clinical parameters ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Konstandin MH,Blessing E,Doesch A,Ammon K,Koch A,Wabnitz GH,Gleissner CA,Remppis A,Katus HA,Dengler TJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent studies demonstrated safety and efficacy of heart transplantation (HT) from hepatitis C virus (HCV)-positive donors. We sought to evaluate the impact of HCV donor status on the outcomes of patients undergoing HT in the United States. METHODS:We analyzed a retrospective cohort of adult patients from t...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Doulamis IP,Tzani A,Moustakidis S,Kampaktsis PN,Briasoulis A

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of itraconazole as a first choice drug in the treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis in heart transplant recipients. Heart transplant recipients suffering from invasive pulmonary aspergillosis were included in this study. Group 1 included 4 patients treated with i....

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Nanas JN,Saroglou G,Anastasiou-Nana MI,Kostis EB,Petrochilou-Paschou VP,Kontoyannis DA,Stamatelopoulos SF,Moulopoulos SD

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main cause of late morbidity and mortality after lung transplantation is bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS). This study assesses the prevalence of gastroparesis among lung-transplant recipients and its association with BOS. The files of 139 patients who underwent nuclear gastric emptying studies before and/or...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Raviv Y,D'Ovidio F,Pierre A,Chaparro C,Freeman M,Keshavjee S,Singer LG

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：: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

abstract：:Skin cancer is a common, potentially life-threatening malignancy in organ transplant recipients (OTR), and it is important for transplant physicians to be aware of patient history of skin cancer. Patient self-report represents a quick method of obtaining past medical history of skin cancer but no study has validated t...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Dybbro E,Mihalis E,Hirose R,Arron ST

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular complications remain a significant source of morbidity after pancreatic transplantation. We describe a pseudoaneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery (SMA) with an arteriovenous fistula (AVF) involving the SMA and the superior mesenteric vein (SMV) discovered and treated surgically in the second week after ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Khan TF,Ciancio G,Burke GW 3rd,Sfakianakis GN,Miller J

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although risk factors for failure of renal retransplants have been well studied, the impact of allograft nephrectomy on subsequent renal transplantation in the cyclosporin era is not well defined. The purpose of this study is to define the effect of nephrectomy of the primary allograft on subsequent allograft survival...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Douzdjian V,Rice JC,Carson RW,Gugliuzza KK,Fish JC

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) is a cell surface protein, which down-regulates the immune response at CTLA-4/CD28/B7 pathway. We aimed to investigate the influence of the -318 C/T, +49 A/G, -1661 A/G and CT60A/G, and CTLA-4 gene polymorphisms on acute rejection of kidney allograft in Turkish patients. The s...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ruhi Ç,Sallakçi N,Yeğin O,Süleymanlar G,Ersoy FF

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We aimed to determine the epidemiology, risk factors, and impact of bacterial infection on pancreatic function after pancreas transplantation. Data for pancreas transplant recipients were retrospectively reviewed between 2000 and 2014 for at least 1 year. We collected and analyzed post-transplant data for bacterial in...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bodro M,Ferrer J,Ricart MJ,Sanclemente G,Linares L,Cervera C,Cofan F,Ventura-Aguiar P,Lopez-Boado MÁ,Marco F,Fuster J,García-Valdecasas JC,Moreno A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a practical conditioning regimen without anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG), irradiation, or other myeloablative alkylating agent for low-income countries in which patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA), who usually have heavily transfused and a prolonged disease history. The application of ATG, Busul...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Wang SB,Li L,Pan XH,Hu DM,Peng LH,Liu L,Xie ZJ,Yin B,Sun XJ,Yu J,Liang Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short-term survival after kidney transplantation is excellent, but long-term survival remains low and is equivalent to non-end-stage renal disease patients with many invasive malignancies. The aim of the study was to explore vitamin D status in the early phase after transplantation as a prognostic marker for...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Thorsen IS,Bleskestad IH,Åsberg A,Hartmann A,Skadberg Ø,Brede C,Ueland T,Pasch A,Reisaeter AV,Gøransson LG

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subclinical rejection (SCR) is quite common early following renal transplantation and decreases progressively with time. The immunological profile of the recipient, the immunosuppressive regimen used, and the occurrence of prior episodes of clinical acute rejection (AR) are all risk factors for SCR. SCR, in turn, is a...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： El-Amm JM,Gruber SA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00