A call to action: Feasible strategies to reduce the discard of transplantable kidneys in the United States.

abstract：:The presence of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), human papilloma virus (HPV), and cytomegalovirus (CMV) was studied in 20 patients who developed malignancies after heart transplantation in the Helsinki University Central Hospital. The tumors were analyzed for the presence of HPV by polymerase chain reaction and for EBV by in...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Mattila PS,Aalto SM,Heikkilä L,Mattila S,Nieminen M,Auvinen E,Hedman K,Tarkkanen J

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Abnormalities of renal function with long-term implications can persist after acute tubular necrosis (ATN), probably because of permanent loss of nephrons. Residual areas of fibrosis are also observed in the renal cortex post-ATN. In this study, we investigate the interstitial alterations post-ATN using hist...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Moyses Neto M,Costa RS,Volpini RA,Garcia TM,Rodrigues FF,Coimbra TM

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) is severely impaired in advanced liver disease. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of actual liver function and disease-specific factors on HRQOL of patients evaluated for liver transplantation. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Disease-specific QOL was analyzed...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Jara M,Bednarsch J,Malinowski M,Lüttgert K,Orr J,Puhl G,Seehofer D,Neuhaus P,Stockmann M

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We sought to determine the incidence, risk factors, and consequences of acute rejection (AR) after conversion from a calcineurin inhibitor (CNI) to a proliferation signal inhibitor (PSI) in maintenance heart transplantation. Relevant clinical data were retrospectively obtained for 284 long-term heart transplant recipi...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： González-Vílchez F,Vázquez de Prada JA,Paniagua MJ,Almenar L,Mirabet S,Gómez-Bueno M,Díaz-Molina B,Arizón JM,Delgado J,Pérez-Villa F,Crespo-Leiro MG,Martínez-Dolz L,Roig E,Segovia J,Lambert JL,Lopez-Granados A,Escribano P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clearance of hepatitis C virus (HCV) under antiviral therapy, including direct-acting antivirals (DAAs), has been associated with higher risk of rejection. Whether patients who are not on immunosuppression (IS) during DAA therapy are at higher risk of rejection is unknown. METHODS:Four transplant recipients...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Campos-Varela I,Agudelo EZ,Terrault NA

更新日期：2018-07-01 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：: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：:Flow cytometric assay (FCA) was used to detect a cytomegalovirus (CMV) specific antigen (pp65) in CMV-infected fibroblast cells and in leukocytes of kidney recipients. FCA distinguished clearly between the infected and non-infected fibroblast cells. Regarding transplant patients, the FCA was positive when the number o...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Essa S,Pacsa AS,Al-Attiyah R,El-Shazly A,Raghupathy R,Said T

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an effort to increase organ donation, the Department of Health and Human Services issued the Final Rule in 1998. The Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) later required hospitals to notify organ procurement organizations (OPO) of all deaths and imminent deaths in order to remain eligible for Medica...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Higashigawa KH,Carroll C,Wong LL,Wong LM

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An exploratory, post hoc analysis was performed using data from a prospective, multicenter, open-label, randomized, two-period (14 d per period), two-sequence, crossover, steady-state pharmacokinetic study comparing generic tacrolimus (Sandoz) vs. reference tacrolimus in stable renal transplant patients receiving thei...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Bloom RD,Trofe-Clark J,Wiland A,Alloway RR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation is an established procedure for patients with type I diabetes and end-stage renal disease. Continuous advances in the operation techniques with consequent reduction of perioperative morbidity and mortality and the introduction of modern immunosuppressive agents improved not...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Schmied BM,Müller SA,Mehrabi A,Welsch T,Büchler MW,Zeier M,Schmidt J

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:A better understanding of the immunobiological processes and predictors of graft rejection holds promise for the development of potential therapeutic strategies and also individualization of immunosuppression. The objective of this study is to analyze the clinical relevance of immune parameters such as antidonor antih...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Panigrahi A,Deka R,Bhowmik D,Dash SC,Tiwari SC,Guleria S,Mehta SN,Mehra NK

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aboriginals experience high rates of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and are less likely to receive a kidney transplant from a living donor. We hypothesized that higher rates of hypertension and diabetes in Aboriginal communities would result in fewer potential living donors coming forward and more exclusions for medic...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Dunsmore S,Karpinski M,Young A,Storsley L

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory process affecting mainly elastic and muscular arteries. Although small arteries and arterioles are usually spared, atherosclerosis can occur in these small vasculatures for a very short period. Here we report a case of atherosclerosis-like lesions that occurred in a transplant...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Shimoyamada H,Fan J,Watanabe T,Nagata M

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:Histoplasma capsulatum is a dimorphic fungus that most often causes asymptomatic infection in the immunocompetent population. In immunocompromised patients, including solid organ transplant (SOT) and hematopoietic cell transplant (HCT) recipients, however, it is likely to cause severe life-threatening infection. Post-...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Gajurel K,Dhakal R,Deresinski S

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proven Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) occurred in 8 (5.2%) of 154 adult liver transplant recipients between January 1986 and December 1992. The interval between transplantation and PCP ranged from 69 to 131 days with a mean of 95 days (SD 20 days). The PaO2 breathing room air at diagnosis ranged from 40 mmHg to ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hayes MJ,Torzillo PJ,Sheil AG,McCaughan GW

更新日期：1994-12-01 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：:Retrograde arterial flush (RGAF) of liver grafts, which prevents arterial intima injuries in living donor liver transplantation (LDLT), seemed to reduce post-transplantational cholestasis by our preliminary study. The aim of this study was to further confirm this effect of RGAF of grafts in LDLT by a prospective rando...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Liu C,Loong CC,Hsia CY,Wang SC,Yeh YC,Lin NC,Tsai HL,Tsou MY

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Our objective is to evaluate whether hyperglycemia in the first 48 h after renal transplantation is independently associated with rejection, post-operative infection and post-transplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) in a retrospective cohort study. METHODS:Patients who received a renal transplant in our hospital...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： van den Berg TJ,Bogers H,Vriesendorp TM,Surachno JS,DeVries JH,ten Berge IJ,Hoekstra JB

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:In order to determine risk factors for bone loss after renal transplantation, dual energy X-ray absorptiometry was performed in 125 renal transplant patients. The bone mineral density (BMD) was expressed as a percentage of the normal population (BMD%) and Z-score (SD from normal). The whole body, lumbar spin...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Heaf J,Tvedegaard E,Kanstrup IL,Fogh-Andersen N

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:Totally implantable venous access devices (TIVADs) are the preferred devices for patients with advanced lung disease who require long-term venous access. The primary purpose of this study was to describe the natural history of TIVADs left in place at the time of transplant. METHODS:This multicenter retros...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Cho JK,Acord M,Goldfarb SB,Reddy SN,Goldberg HJ,Courtwright AM

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 29-year-old man wanted to receive an ABO-incompatible kidney transplant. His blood type was O, and the donor, his father, was A1. After endoscopic splenectomy performed before kidney transplantation, the recipient developed a high fever and leukocytosis, and he was treated with antibiotics and 5 g of human immunoglo...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sawada T,Ando T,Sato S,Kubota K,Fuchinoue S,Teraoka S

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Home-based exercise programs may offer a less costly alternative to providing exercise pre-transplant to a large number of patients. We describe the changes in 6-minute walk distance (6MWD) in lung transplant candidates who participated in a home-based exercise program and their relationship to post-transplant outcome...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Massierer D,Bourgeois N,Räkel A,Prévost K,Lands LC,Poirier C,Janaudis-Ferreira T

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES:Vascular thrombosis is the most common cause of early graft loss after transplantation. Routine grayscale and Doppler ultrasound frequently fail to adequately visualize vascular compromise. Contrast-enhanced ultrasound is a novel approach to identifying these complications. METHODS:This was a pro...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Swensson J,Nagaraju S,O'Brien D,Tann M,Shah A,Mangus R,Powelson J,Fridell J

更新日期：2019-12-01 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