Clostridioides difficile colonization and infection in patients admitted for a first autologous transplantation: Incidence, risk factors, and patient outcomes.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Lung perfusions after single lung transplantation (SLT) have not been fully clarified in patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD). The present study aimed to investigate temporal changes in native lung perfusion and their associated clinical factors in patients with ILD who have undergone SLT. METHODS:...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sokai A,Handa T,Chen F,Tanizawa K,Aoyama A,Kubo T,Ikezoe K,Nakatsuka Y,Oguma T,Hirai T,Nagai S,Chin K,Date H,Mishima M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Living-related liver transplantation (LRLT) in pediatric recipients has been successful with 90% 1-year survival (1, 2). LRLT in adults is yet to succeed. We hypothesize a management strategy based on the donor graft weight-to-recipient body weight ratio (GRBWR) and the Redox Tolerance Index (RTI) (3). Favorable recip...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Habib N,Tanaka K

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whole pancreas and islet cell transplantation are both reliant upon the procurement and preservation of a high quality donor pancreas for a successful outcome. In the climate of a reducing donor pool it is imperative that donor optimization, meticulous surgical retrieval and evidence based methods of preservation are ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ridgway D,Manas D,Shaw J,White S

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The accurate estimation of liver volume and right/left ratio in donor candidates is critical, but there is no method using portal vein (PV) flow. METHODS:Of 125 donor candidates, right/left liver volume ratio was estimated using ultrasound (US)-PV area ratio and Doppler US-PV flow ratio, and the results wer...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Choi SH,Kwon JH,Kim KW,Jang HY,Kim JH,Kwon HJ,Lee J,Song GW,Lee SG

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With the growing numbers of liver transplant recipients, it is increasingly important to understand the risks of de novo malignancy after liver transplantation. AIM:To characterize the incidence of de novo malignancy after liver transplantation compared with a control non-transplant population. METHODS:We ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chatrath H,Berman K,Vuppalanchi R,Slaven J,Kwo P,Tector AJ,Chalasani N,Ghabril M

更新日期：2013-07-01 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:In cardiac transplant recipients, long-term survival may be limited by transplant coronary artery disease (TxCAD). Hyperhomocysteinemia (Hhcy) has been associated with vascular disease and is common in transplant recipients. The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between fasting homocy...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Miner SE,Cole DE,Evrovski J,Verma A,Daly PA,Ross HJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cardiac allograft vasculopathy (CAV) limits survival after heart transplantation (HTx). Between immunologic and non-immunologic factors, reactive oxygen species generation has been proposed as pathogenetic mechanism. This study was aimed at evaluating redox status in HTx recipients and verifying whether it c...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： De Chiara B,Bigi R,Campolo J,Parolini M,Turazza F,Masciocco G,Frigerio M,Fiorentini C,Parodi O

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The infectious disease coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020. The impact of COVID-19 on solid organ transplantations, including heart transplantation, is currently unclear. Many transplant programs have been forced to swiftly re-evaluate and adapt th...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hsu JJ,Al-Saffar F,Ardehali R,Baas AS,Carlson M,Cruz D,Deng M,Fan A,Fraschilla S,Gaynor P,Kamath M,Kubak BM,Schaenman J,Stimpson E,Vucicevic D,Ardehali A,Nsair A

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：: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：:We report of twins who underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) for neonatal acute leukemia. Hospitalized in the same room from the time the first one demonstrated respiratory symptoms, they both developed Pneumocystis jiroveci (formerly carinii) pneumonia (PCP) 2 wk apart. This observation suggests th...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Resnick IB,Averbuch D,Aker M,Engelhard D

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kidney allograft inflammation is associated with proinflammatory modifications of peripheral blood mononuclear cells, suggesting that renal inflammation contributes to systemic inflammation. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between subclinical inflammation in surveillance biopsies performed...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： García-Carro C,Dörje C,Åsberg A,Midtvedt K,Scott H,Reinholt FP,Holdaas H,Reisaeter AV,Seron D

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infections are a feared complication in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Here we present the University of Wisconsin experience with 5 invasive fungal infections-aspergillosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, blastomycosis, and coccidioidomycosis-in KTRs transplanted between 01/01/1994 and 06/30/20...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Parajuli S,Wick A,Pandeya S,Astor BC,Smith J,Djamali A,Mandelbrot DA

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefits of pancreas transplantation are often difficult to measure. Here, we sought to determine the difference in quality of life for diabetic patients with and without a functional pancreas transplant alone (PTA). METHODS:Pancreas transplant alone cases from 1993 to 2015 were considered. An IRB-appro...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Scalea JR,Pettinato L,Fiscella B,Bartosic A,Piedmonte A,Paran J,Todi N,Siskind EJ,Bartlett ST

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic transplant recipients are at a high risk for foot pathology leading to amputation. This retrospective study from 1/85 to 2/95 examines the risk of foot complications in a population (n = 340) of diabetic renal and combined renal/pancreas transplant recipients. All groups suffered high lower extremity amputati...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kalker AJ,Pirsch JD,Heisey D,Sollinger HW,Belzer FO,Knechtle SJ,D'Alessandro AM

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a cohort of 32 renal transplant patients who are potentially at risk for adverse events, we compared tacrolimus (TAC) abbreviated AUC values calculated by a method developed in Asians (AUCw) with those derived for Caucasians (AUCa). The relationships between TAC trough (C0), abbreviated AUC, and biopsy results were...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hon YY,Chamberlain CE,Kleiner DE,Ring MS,Hale DA,Kirk AD,Mannon RB

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：:Chronic allograft nephropathy (CAN) leads to the majority of late graft loss following renal transplantation. Detection of CAN is often too late to permit early intervention and successful management. Most current strategies for managing CAN rely on minimizing or eliminating calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) once CAN has ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Campistol JM,Boletis IN,Dantal J,de Fijter JW,Hertig A,Neumayer HH,Oyen O,Pascual J,Pohanka E,Ruiz JC,Scolari MP,Stefoni S,Serón D,Sparacino V,Arns W,Chapman JR

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:Therapeutic living donor nephrectomy is defined as a nephrectomy that is performed as therapy for an underlying medical condition. The patient directly benefits from having their kidney removed, but the kidney is deemed transplantable. The kidney is subsequently used as an allograft for an individual with advanced ren...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Dale LA,Silva MV,Sandoval PR,Decastro J,Campenot ES,Ratner LE

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We performed a systematic search of the literature using the MEDLINE (through 2006) database to identify the patient-reported outcome measures of quality of life (QOL) used most often in the renal transplant literature. After applying limits and reviewing references, we identified 338 renal transplant articles with a ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Butt Z,Yount SE,Caicedo JC,Abecassis MM,Cella D

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of kidney transplant recipients die from cardiovascular events. Physical activity may be a modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease following transplant. The goal of our study was to examine adherence to a physical activity intervention following kidney transplant and its impact on metabolic para...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lorenz EC,Amer H,Dean PG,Stegall MD,Cosio FG,Cheville AL

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate the effect of donor liver resident mesenchymal cells, M2 macrophages on liver graft outcome after living donor liver transplantation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Seventy donor biopsies were included in the study. Outcomes at day 3, 7, 30, and 180 postliver transplantation were assessed. Mesenchymal stem cel...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Nigam N,Bihari C,Lal D,Rastogi A,Kumar S,Pamecha V,Kaur S,Kumar A,Sarin SK

更新日期：2018-03-01 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：:The present AST-IDCOP guidelines update information on BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) infection, replication, and disease, which impact kidney transplantation (KT), but rarely non-kidney solid organ transplantation (SOT). As pretransplant risk factors in KT donors and recipients presently do not translate into clinically val...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hirsch HH,Randhawa PS,AST Infectious Diseases Community of Practice.

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：:Although FK 506 has been shown to effectively reverse refractory renal allograft rejection, its ability to reverse accelerated renal allograft rejection as a primary agent has not been specifically addressed. Herein evidence of the ability of FK 506 to reverse accelerated renal allograft rejection is presented. A 16-y...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Woodle ES,Newell KA,Haas M,Bartosh S,Josephson MA,Millis JM,Bruce DS,Piper JB,Aronson AJ,Thistlethwaite JR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective analysis of stable cadaveric renal transplant patients we identified 19 patients with high (> 270 mg/dl) and 12 patients with low (< 170 mg/dl) serum cholesterol levels. We found that patients with high cholesterol level had higher serum cyclosporine levels despite similar oral dose of cyclosporine,...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bastani B,Rittenhouse M,Garvin P

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity and weight gain are serious concerns after solid organ transplantation (Tx); however, no unbiased comparison regarding body weight parameter evolution across organ groups has yet been performed. Using data from the prospective nationwide Swiss Transplant Cohort Study, we compared the evolution of weight parame...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Beckmann S,Nikolic N,Denhaerynck K,Binet I,Koller M,Boely E,De Geest S,Psychosocial Interest Group, Swiss Transplant Cohort Study.

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00