Management of Clostridioides (formerly Clostridium) difficile infection (CDI) in solid organ transplant recipients: Guidelines from the American Society of Transplantation Community of Practice.

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：: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：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：: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：: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: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：INTRODUCTION:Laparoscopy is a standard surgical option for live donor nephrectomy (LDN) at the majority of transplant centers. Equivalent graft survival with shorter convalescence has been reported by several large volume centers. With the arrival of an experienced laparoscopic surgeon in 2002, we began to offer laparo...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Riley J,Troxel S,Wakefield M,Ross G,Weinstein S

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this meta-analysis was to review the evidence for the use of immune globulin in the prevention of symptomatic cytomegalovirus (CMV) disease in transplant recipients. A computerized search of Medline from 1980 to October 1991 was conducted using the textword "cytomegalo:" and the subheading "prevention...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Glowacki LS,Smaill FM

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In German legislation and in Eurotransplant's practice of liver allocation, urgency of need is considered as the primary distribution criterion. However, at a certain stage, the "sickest-first" principle is regarded as counterproductive as the performance status of these patients receiving an organ is on average criti...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bobbert M,Ganten TM

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of nonrenal solid-organ transplants increased substantially in the last few decades. Many of these patients develop renal failure and receive kidney transplantation. The aim of this study was to evaluate patient and kidney allograft survival in primary, repeat, and kidney-after-nonrenal organ transplantatio...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： El-Husseini A,Aghil A,Ramirez J,Sawaya B,Rajagopalan N,Baz M,Mei X,Davenport DL,Gedaly R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Kidney outcomes in early post-liver transplantation (LT) are crucial for long-term prognosis, but difficult to predict. Among 203 adult LT patients, we studied the value of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) measured pre-LT for predicting acute kidney injury (AKI), kidney-replacement therapy with...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Aberg F,Lempinen M,Hollmén M,Nordin A,Mäkisalo H,Isoniemi H

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These updated guidelines from the Infectious Diseases Community of Practice of the American Society of Transplantation will review the current state of the art of donor-derived infections. Specifically, the guideline will summarize standardized definitions and approaches to defining imputability, updated data on the e...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Wolfe CR,Ison MG,AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice.

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:After cardiac transplant, there is often development of restrictive cardiac physiology. Little is known about the factors that contribute to this physiology and its correlation with pathology. Heart retransplantation provides a valuable opportunity to further understand this relationship. In this study, we investigate...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kobashigawa JA,Itagaki BK,Razi RR,Patel JK,Chai W,Kawano MA,Goldstein Z,Kittleson MM,Fishbein MC

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:The survival of patients returning to hemodialysis (HD) following kidney transplant failure is unfavorable. However, the factors responsible for this poor outcome are largely unknown; chronic inflammation due to failed allograft and malnutrition may contribute to morbidity and mortality. We aimed to compare ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Yelken BM,Gorgulu N,Caliskan Y,Yazici H,Turkmen A,Yildiz A,Sever MS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The purpose of this study was to determine whether bacterial contamination of islets affects graft success after total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TPIAT). BACKGROUND:Factors associated with insulin independence after TPIAT are inconclusive. Although bacterial contamination does not preclud...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Jolissaint JS,Langman LW,DeBolt CL,Tatum JA,Martin AN,Wang AY,Strand DS,Zaydfudim VM,Adams RB,Brayman KL

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid withdrawal has potential risks (rejection) and benefits (fewer complications). Most data on steroid-related complications predates cyclosporine (CsA). We tabulated the incidence of posttransplant complications considered to be steroid-related in 748 adult kidney transplant recipients (with at least 1 year of f...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Fryer JP,Granger DK,Leventhal JR,Gillingham K,Najarian JS,Matas AJ

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Atherosclerosis is a serious complication and leading cause of mortality in renal transplant recipients (RTRs). Hyperlipidemia may be associated with progression of renal disease and chronic allograft dysfunction. Similarities in the pathogenesis of glomerulosclerosis and atherosclerosis have been proposed...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kahraman S,Kiykim AA,Altun B,Gençtoy G,Arici M,Gulsun M,Erdem Y,Yasavul U,Turgan C,Cağlar S

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：: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：:This paper describes 108 consecutively treated patients receiving 109 cadaveric (CD) and living donor (LD) renal allografts using a protocol of quadruple sequential immunosuppression with a rabbit anti-human thymocyte IgG (Thymoglobuline), azathioprine, tapering corticosteroids, and delayed introduction of cyclosporin...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Guttmann RD,Flemming C

更新日期：1997-06-01 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：:In this single-institution study, we compared outcomes in diabetic recipients of living donor (LD) kidney transplants that did vs. did not undergo a subsequent pancreas transplant. Of 307 diabetic recipients who underwent LD kidney transplants from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 2003, a total of 175 underwent a...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kleinclauss F,Fauda M,Sutherland DE,Kleinclauss C,Gruessner RW,Matas AJ,Kasiske BL,Humar A,Kandaswamy R,Kaul S,Gruessner AC

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of this retrospective study was to characterize the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) on the waitlist and determine its prognostic utility in liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with special focus on longitudinal data. Biomarkers such as pre-operative NLR have been s...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： McVey JC,Sasaki K,Firl DJ,Fujiki M,Diago-Uso T,Quintini C,Eghtesad B,Miller CC,Hashimoto K,Aucejo FN

更新日期：2019-12-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Urinary tract infections (UTIs) account for significant morbidity after kidney transplantation (KT). Screening for asymptomatic bacteruria (AB) has proven to be beneficial in certain population including pregnant women; however, it is not well-studied in KT population. We reviewed the incidence, clinical feat...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Goh YSB,Deng Z,Cheong PSC,Raman L,Goh THA,Vathsala A,Tiong HY

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whether extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) as a bridge to lung transplantation (BTT) can achieve a similar survival to non-BTT remains controversial. We conducted this meta-analysis to compare the outcomes between ECMO BTT and non-BTT to facilitate better clinical decision-making. Seven databases were searched...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Wan X,Bian T,Ye S,Cai P,Yu Z,Zhu J,Zhang W

更新日期：2020-11-22 00:00:00