Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge vs. non-bridging for lung transplantation: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

abstract：:Recent changes in Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) condition for participation, using benchmark volume/outcomes requirements for certification, have been implemented. Consequently, the ability of a transplant center to assess its risk tolerance is important in successful management. An analysis of SRTR da...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Johnson SR,Karp SJ,Curry MP,Barugel M,Rodrigue JR,Mandelbrot DA,Rogers CP,Hanto DW

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential influence of racially or ethnically diverse cultural perspectives on patient compliance with post-transplant treatments is discussed. Domains of competency regarding culturally sensitive clinical practice are outlined to assist providers in better understanding the perspectives that may influence the vie...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Prieto LR,Miller DS,Gayowski T,Marino IR

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Transfusion protocols are not well-studied for pediatric patients with acute liver failure (ALF). This study evaluates the utility of an international normalized ratio (INR)-based transfusion threshold for these patients. METHODS:Forty-four ALF pediatric patients from 2009 to 2018 were reviewed and divide...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lee A,Mendoza J,Brubaker AL,Stoltz DJ,McKenzie R,Bonham CA,Esquivel CO,Gallo AE

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is currently the leading indication worldwide for orthotopic liver transplantation. However, the majority of patients receiving transplant for HCV eventually develop histopathologic evidence of recurrent allograft HCV and approximately 10% die or require retransplantation within the first 5 pos...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Leung JY,Abraczinskas DR,Bhan AK,Terella AM,Pascual M,Cosimi AB,Chung RT

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of maintenance immunosuppression (mIS) regimens in the transplant recipient requires a balance between sufficient potency to prevent rejection and avoidance of excessive immunosuppression to prevent toxicities and complications. The optimal regimen after simultaneous liver-kidney (SLK) transplantation rem...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Weeks SR,Luo X,Toman L,Gurakar AO,Naqvi FF,Alqahtani SA,Philosophe B,Cameron AM,Desai NM,Ottmann SE,Segev DL,Garonzik-Wang J

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As many as 50% of liver transplant patients suffer gastrointestinal (GI) disturbances post-transplant. Conversion from mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS) alleviates GI symptom burden in renal transplant recipients. We employed a validated patient and physician-reported assessment to evaluate ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Toledo AH,Hendrix L,Buchholz V,Fisher E,Newton K,Smith C,Gerber DA

更新日期：2012-01-01 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：:Renal allograft recipients with thrombophilic (hypercoagulable) states are at higher risk for early allograft loss. Presumably, the combination of endothelial injury at surgery and thrombophilia predisposes to arterial or venous thrombosis. Of 270 consecutive renal transplants at our center one allograft failed second...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ramirez PJ,Gohh RY,Kestin A,Monaco AP,Morrissey PE

更新日期：2002-08-01 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

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：BACKGROUND:Numerous studies of steroid withdrawal have been carried out in kidney and liver transplant recipients, but only a few in pancreas transplant recipients. Yet, pancreas transplant recipients could have significant long-term benefits from steroid withdrawal. METHODS:We performed a retrospective analysis to de...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Humar A,Parr E,Drangstveit MB,Kandaswamy R,Gruessner AC,Sutherland DE

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:15-deoxyspergualin (DSG) is a novel immunosuppressant which has been shown to be effective in preventing and treating rejection in animal allo- and xenotransplant models. Preliminary clinical studies suggest that DSG is an effective antirejection agent. In our study, 4 patients with biopsy-proven rejection episodes th...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Matas AJ,Gores PF,Kelley SL,Bielefield-Skrokov M,Kinaszczuk M,Gruessner RW,Najarian JS

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obese transplant recipients (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 ) have decreased posttransplant patient and graft survival compared with their nonobese counterparts. At the same time, many prednisone-related side effects (eg, new-onset diabetes) are similar to those associated with obesity. Using SRTR data, we studied outcomes associated...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Matas AJ,Vock DM

更新日期：2019-10-01 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:Cyclosporine (CsA) and tacrolimus (Tac) in heart transplantation (HTx) have been compared but with certain drawbacks. We compared both drugs in a prospective analysis with medium-term follow-up. METHODS:Hundred and six patients were randomized to receive CsA or Tac (53 per group). Target levels of CsA were ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sánchez-Lázaro IJ,Almenar L,Martínez-Dolz L,Buendía-Fuentes F,Agüero J,Navarro-Manchón J,Vicente JL,Salvador A

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Graft survival following solitary pancreas transplantation has traditionally lagged behind that of simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplants. Thymoglobulin (TMG), a polyclonal rabbit-derived antilymphocyte antibody was originally introduced as treatment for acute rejection of renal allografts. However, data r...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Tan M,Cantarovich M,Mangel R,Paraskevas S,Fortier M,Metrakos P

更新日期：2002-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Abnormal mineral metabolism is not uncommon after renal transplant (TXP). In dialysis patients, elevated serum phosphorous (P), calcium (Ca), CaP product, and parathyroid hormone (PTH) are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. The effect of these abnormalities on recipient and graft survival aft...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Egbuna OI,Taylor JG,Bushinsky DA,Zand MS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transplant-related aneurysms are an unusual complication following pancreas transplantation. We present a case of a pseudoaneurysm developing in a recipient 6 months after bladder-drained pancreas transplantation. The pseudoaneurysm was incidentally found during ultrasonographic evaluation in preparation for a pancrea...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Verni MP,Leone JP,DeRoover A

更新日期：2001-02-01 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：:Infections are an important cause of mortality and morbidity in renal transplant recipients. To study the impact of anti-rejection therapy on the timing of infections, the records of 599 consecutive renal transplants, performed prior to 31 December 1996 at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, were reviewed. Patients were gro...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Jamil B,Nicholls KM,Becker GJ,Walker RG

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal transplantation is presently the best treatment for end-stage renal disease, although considered contraindicated for elderly patients. However, more investigation is needed due to higher life expectancy rates of the general population and the increasing number of over 60-yr-old patients with chronic renal failur...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Mendonça HM,Dos Reis MA,de Castro de Cintra Sesso R,Câmara NO,Pacheco-Silva A

更新日期：2007-11-01 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：:Calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) have considerably improved renal allograft survival. However, their chronic use has various adverse effects, including hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and nephrotoxicity. We conducted a retrospective study of kidney transplant recipients using a CNI withdrawal protocol. Eleven of 13 patient...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Tanabe T,Morita K,Fujita H,Hatanaka K,Ogawa Y,Hirose T,Sasaki H,Iwami D,Hotta K,Nonomura K

更新日期：2013-11-01 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：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection complicates the post-operative course of patients receiving solid organ transplants. While ganciclovir has significantly reduced the direct effects of CMV infection, some patients cannot tolerate the optimal therapeutic exposure required for CMV prevention and treatment. Few reports dir...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Danziger-Isakov L,Mark Baillie G

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcome of the medial segment of the graft after living related liver transplantation (LRLT). Of the 12 pediatric recipients who underwent LRLT, 2 received whole left liver graft, 1 left lateral segment graft, and 9 extended left lateral segment grafts. The hepatic veins o...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Cheng YF,Chen CL,Haung TL,Lee TY,Chen TY,Chen YS,Liu PP,Chiang YC,Eng HL,Wang CC,Cheung HK,Jawan B,Goto S

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The long-term side effects of lifelong steroid immunosuppression are well documented, therefore, steroid withdrawal (SW) if safe would clearly be of benefit. From 1987-1996, 470 kidney transplants were performed at our institution. During this time period, steroid withdrawal was offered to a select group of patients (...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Sanfey H,Haussman G,Isaacs I,Ishitani M,Lobo P,McCullough C,Pruett T

更新日期：1997-10-01 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