Marijuana use should not preclude consideration for kidney transplantation.

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：:Solid organ transplant recipients are at increased risk of developing several human papillomavirus (HPV)-related malignancies, including cervical and anal cancers. The purpose of this prospective study was to assess the initial prevalence and risk factors for high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) cervical infections in liver transpl...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Grąt K,Grąt M,Wronka KM,Pietrzak B,Suchońska B,Walter de Walthoffen S,Młynarczyk G,Krawczyk M,Wielgoś M

更新日期：2017-03-01 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：: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：: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：:Endothelial dysfunction is of vital importance, as it may cause ischemia and dysfunction in various organs. Despite, this problem has been well documented in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), there is not enough data considering this issue following renal transplantation. One of the potential causes of end...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Oflaz H,Turkmen A,Kazancioglu R,Kayacan SM,Bunyak B,Genchallac H,Erol B,Mercanoglu F,Umman S,Sever MS

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tacrolimus (FK506) in adult kidney-transplant recipients has been the subject of a number of single- and multi-center studies. This review article focuses on those studies in which tacrolimus was used either as rescue therapy in patients who developed refractory rejection on cyclosporine (CyA)-based regimen...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Laskow DA,Neylan JF 3rd,Shapiro RS,Pirsch JD,Vergne-Marini PJ,Tomlanovich SJ

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac allograft rejection and failure may require mechanical circulatory support as bridge-to-retransplantation. Prognosis in this patient group is poor and implantable ventricular assist devices have had limited success due to organ failure associated with the high dose immunosuppression required to treat ongoing r...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kalya A,Jaroszewski D,Pajaro O,Scott R,Gopalan R,Kasper D,Arabia F

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daclizumab (DAC) is a molecularly engineered humanized IgGa monoclonal Ab directed against the alpha chain of the interleukin-2 receptor (IL2R). Inhibiting the amplification of the immune response by blocking IL2R can reduce the frequency of acute rejection without the attendant risk of infection. The purpose of this ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Rasaiah SB,Light JA,Sasaki TM,Currier CB

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Autologous islet transplantation (IAT) following pancreatectomy is now a recognized, albeit highly specialized procedure carried out in a small number of centers worldwide. Current clinical principles and best practice with emphasis on examining the technical aspects of surgery in centers with significant IA...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kumar R,Chung WY,Dennison AR,Garcea G

更新日期：2016-04-01 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：:The effect of HLA-DR3 gene expression was studied in black cadaveric renal allograft recipients of organs from the same donor race. From January 1984 to June 1992, 70 patients received cadaveric renal allografts at the Medical University of Southern Africa (MEDUNSA). The average age and F:M ratio was 30 years and 1: 1...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ngcobo TK,Becker P,Modiba MC

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：: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

abstract：:Although melphalan at a dose of 140 mg/m(2) (MEL140) is an acceptable conditioning regimen for autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) in multiple myeloma (MM) patients, very few studies compared it to the most commonly used dose of 200 mg/m(2) (MEL200). A retrospective review of records of MM patients (2001-2010)...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Katragadda L,McCullough LM,Dai Y,Hsu J,Byrne M,Hiemenz J,May S,Cogle CR,Norkin M,Brown RA,Wingard JR,Chang M,Moreb JS

更新日期：2016-08-01 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：:Transplantation tolerance is the ultimate goal of organ transplantation. Natural regulatory T cells (Treg) have been expected to reach clinical applications for tolerance induction because their initial description. More than ten yr later, Treg have started moving from experimental animal models into clinical applicat...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Fritzsching E,Kunz P,Maurer B,Pöschl J,Fritzsching B

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A questionnaire study was designed to determine whether the quality of life benefit provided by receiving a kidney-pancreas (KP) transplant increased the incentive to return to work, compared with patients receiving a kidney alone (KA) transplant. METHODS:A confidential questionnaire was sent to 58 patients...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Knight RJ,Daly L

更新日期：2004-02-01 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：:Hepatic allograft rejection still remains an important problem following liver transplantation. Early acute rejection, occurring within three months of transplant, is a common event and usually of lesser significance with respect to prognosis than other non-immune-related post-transplant morbidities. However, little i...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Uemura T,Ikegami T,Sanchez EQ,Jennings LW,Narasimhan G,McKenna GJ,Randall HB,Chinnakotla S,Levy MF,Goldstein RM,Klintmalm GB

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytokines, produced by both the recipient and the newly vascularized allograft, are central mediators in the inflammatory response to allografted tissue. This study examines the relationship between pre- and intraoperative levels of TNF, IL-1, IL-6, and IL-8 and hepatic allograft function in the early postoperative pe...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Boros P,Suehiro T,Curtiss S,Sheiner P,Emre S,Guy S,Schwartz ME,Miller CM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether depressive symptoms predicted survival before and after lung transplantation. We hypothesized that depressive symptoms might predict survival of wait-listed patients, but would not predict survival post-transplant. METHODS:This was a prospective, longitudinal study. Participants complete...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Evon DM,Burker EJ,Galanko JA,Dedert E,Egan TM

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute allograft rejection in patients after cardiac transplantation is associated with intense infiltration of inflammatory cells. It has been shown in animal studies that this inflammatory process is accompanied by an induction of nitric oxide syndrome (NOS) enzyme within the grafted organ. We sought to test the hypo...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Mügge A,Kurucay S,Böger RH,Bode-Böger SM,Schäfers HJ,Wahlers T,Frölich JC,Lichtlen PR

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is highly prevalent in renal transplant candidates; however, its effect on the transplant outcome is still controversial. The aim of the present study was to determine the effect of HCV infection in the outcome of kidney transplantation in a single transplant center. The study populat...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Arango J,Arbelaez M,Henao J,Mejia G,Arroyave I,Carvajal J,Garcia A,Gutierrez J,Velásquez A,Garcia L,Aguirre C

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen consecutive patients with post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (PTLD) in an Asian population were reviewed. The histopathologic diagnoses were monomorphic (CD20-positive diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, n = 14); plasmacytic (n = 1); Burkitt-like (n = 1); natural killer cell lymphoma (n = 1); lymphomato...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chan TS,Hwang YY,Gill H,Au WY,Leung AY,Tse E,Chim CS,Loong F,Kwong YL

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 61-yr-old kidney transplant recipient with human Parvovirus B19 (HPV B19) infection presenting as a severe pancytopenia 1 month after transplantation. Bone marrow aspiration revealed severe erythroid hypoplasia with giant and dystrophic proerythroblasts. Bone marrow cells were positive for HPV B19 DNA dete...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Marchand S,Tchernia G,Hiesse C,Tertian G,Cartron J,Kriaa F,Boubenider S,Goupy C,Lecointe D,Charpentier B

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To assess the diagnostic value of magnetic resonance cholangiography (MRC) when evaluating biliary complications in a large series of liver transplants. METHODS:One hundred and twenty-nine patients prospectively underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and MR cholangiography at 1.5-T device after orthotopi...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Boraschi P,Donati F,Gigoni R,Volpi A,Salemi S,Filipponi F,Falaschi F

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1969, a study by Patel and Terasaki persuaded the renal transplant community that a pre-transplant cross-match should always be performed between donor and recipient to detect HLA antibodies and prevent hyperacute allograft rejection. Although the role of the cross-match among nonsensitized patients is controversia...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Gebel HM,Harris SB,Zibari G,Bray RA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organ donor availability is the major limiting factor in pediatric liver transplantation, and many children succumb from their liver disease before a suitable donor can be found. In an attempt to overcome this shortage, reduced-size liver transplantation, split liver transplantation, and living-donor liver transplanta...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Emond JC,Whitington PF,Broelsch CE

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00