HMGCoA reductase inhibitors and omega-3 fatty acids as adjunctive agents in maintenance immunosuppression after solid organ transplantation.

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：:Sirolimus is an immunosuppressive agent increasingly used in cardiac transplant recipients in the setting of allograft vasculopathy or worsening renal function. Recently, sirolimus has been associated with increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in lung transplant recipients. To investigate whether this associa...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Thibodeau JT,Mishkin JD,Patel PC,Kaiser PA,Ayers CR,Mammen PP,Markham DW,Ring WS,Peltz M,Drazner MH

更新日期：2012-11-01 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：:Unresponsive pulmonary hypertension (PH) implies poor posttransplant outcomes. Data on late adaptation of the right ventricle (RV) are still few. This study evaluated three-yr RV function and remodeling, exercise capacity, and hemodynamic data in a selected group of patients initially disqualified because of PH. Betwe...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： De Santo LS,Buonocore M,Agrusta F,Bancone C,Galdieri N,Romano G,Maiello C,Amarelli C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The impact of induction immunosuppression on long-term survival in lung transplant recipients remains unclear. We sought to evaluate the effect of contemporary induction immunosuppression agents in lung transplant recipients' survival, utilizing national registry data. METHODS:We queried the United Networ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Whitson BA,Lehman A,Wehr A,Hayes D Jr,Kirkby S,Pope-Harman A,Kilic A,Higgins RS

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hispanic race and low socioeconomic status are established predictors of disparity in access to kidney transplantation. This single-center retrospective review was undertaken to determine whether Hispanic race predicted kidney transplant outcomes. A total of 720 patients underwent kidney transplantation from January 1...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Matsuoka L,Alicuben E,Woo K,Cao S,Groshen S,Qazi Y,Smogorzewski M,Selby R,Alexopoulos S

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increased number of long-term survivors after liver transplantation, new-onset diabetes after transplantation (NODAT) is becoming more significant in patient follow-up. However, the incidence of new-onset diabetes after living-donor liver transplantation (LDLT) has not been well elucidated. The aim of this st...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Honda M,Asonuma K,Hayashida S,Suda H,Ohya Y,Lee KJ,Yamamoto H,Takeichi T,Inomata Y

更新日期：2013-05-01 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：:The amount of irreversible injury on renal allograft biopsy predicts function, but little is known about the early evolution of this damage. In a single-center cohort, we examined the relationship between donor-, recipient-, and transplantation-associated factors and change in a morphometric index of chronic damage (I...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Caplin B,Veighey K,Mahenderan A,Manook M,Henry J,Nitsch D,Harber M,Dupont P,Wheeler DC,Jones G,Fernando B,Howie AJ,Veitch P

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This multicenter, randomized trial aimed to compare the safety and efficacy of an early reduction in corticosteroid dose vs. long-term maintenance in Brazilian patients on an immunosuppressive regimen based on tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF). In the control arm, prednisone was progressively reduced from day...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Garcia VD,Carvalho DB,Gonçalves RT,Cavalcanti RL,Campos HH,Abbud-Filho M,Lobao-Neto AA

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：: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:The proportion of prospective living donors disqualified for medical reasons is unknown. The objective of this study is to delineate and quantify specific reasons for exclusion of prospective living donors from kidney donation. METHODS:All adult prospective kidney donors who contacted our transplant program...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lapasia JB,Kong SY,Busque S,Scandling JD,Chertow GM,Tan JC

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：: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：:Accurate prognostic indicators are lacking for livers with early marginal graft function, making the decision to re-transplant a difficult one. Therefore, we studied 99mTc-labeled DISIDA scanning as a predictor of recovery of marginal grafts. Records of 28 liver transplant recipients with prolonged periods of marginal...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Karademir S,Csete ME,Jurim O,Finstad T,Hawkins R,Bussuttil RW,Shaked A

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Medicare pays for 80% of the cost of immunosuppressant agents needed within the first 3 years of solid organ transplantation; however, many patients cannot afford the remaining 20%. Furthermore, many patients who are beyond 3 years post-transplantation and have prescription coverage cannot afford the co-paym...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Chisholm MA,Vollenweider LJ,Mulloy LL,Wynn JJ,Wade WE,DiPiro JT

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From January 2007, we started to perform the tonsillectomy for every patient with recurrent IgA nephropathy (IgAN) after kidney transplantation. Up to September 2008, four recipients with primary IgAN had biopsy-proven recurrent IgAN. They had also progressive hematuria or proteinuria from on the average 14.3 months a...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Ushigome H,Suzuki T,Fujiki M,Nobori S,Sakamoto S,Okamoto M,Urasaki K,Yoshimura N

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the UNOS database from 7/15/00-7/17/05 for Regional deceased donor liver utilization. For each region, we performed logistic regression and derived odds ratios (OR) for donor characteristics associated with livers being transplanted outside of the region or not transplanted at all. Regions with smallest an...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Hayashi PH,Axelrod DA,Galanko J,Salvalaggio PR,Schnitzler M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mycophenolic acid (MPA) dose reduction is associated with increased risk of rejection and graft loss in renal transplantation. This analysis investigated the impact of MPA dose changes with enteric-coated mycophenolate sodium (EC-MPS) or mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) in de novo heart transplant recipients. In a 12-month...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Segovia J,Gerosa G,Almenar L,Livi U,Viganò M,Arizón JM,Yonan N,Di Salvo TG,Renlund DG,Kobashigawa JA,ERL 2401 Study Group.

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:Stem cell-based therapy has received attention as a possible alternative to organ transplantation. The aim of this study was to assess the safety and efficacy of autologous transplantation of bone marrow (BM)-derived stromal cells in post-HCV liver cirrhosis patients. METHODOLOGY:10 × 10(6) of isolated huma...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Amin MA,Sabry D,Rashed LA,Aref WM,el-Ghobary MA,Farhan MS,Fouad HA,Youssef YA

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cutaneous cryptococcosis is an uncommon manifestation of disseminated cryptococcal disease. We report a liver transplant recipient presenting with onset over 3 days of progressive pain and swelling of the lower extremity and foot with erythema and heat. Cryptococcal cellulitis was documented, but in retrospect the cli...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Singh N,Rihs JD,Gayowski T,Yu VL

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Humoral immune responses can destroy a renal allograft. In January 2013, Consensus Guidelines were published regarding testing and management concerns with respect to antibodies in transplantation. New studies have been reported over the past two yr and controversies remain. We review here the new data in light of the...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Filippone EJ,Farber JL

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Coronary angiography (CA) is the gold standard evaluation of coronary artery disease in potential multi-organ donors. This use of iodinated contrast media could lead to contrast-induced acute kidney injury and consequently to delayed graft function (DGF). All patients in France who received a kidney from a 45-70-year-...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Lesouhaitier M,Legeai C,Savoye E,Cantrelle C,Pipien I,Macher MA,Vigneau C,Dorent R

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current web-based educational approaches about living kidney donation (LKD) are complex, lengthy, and/or text-laden, which may impair accurate interpretation of information, thereby limiting kidney transplant access. PURPOSE:This paper describes the process of developing animation-based LKD education design...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Kayler LK,Dolph B,Seibert R,Keller M,Cadzow R,Feeley TH

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Post-transplant gastrointestinal (GI) side effects can impair a patient's quality of life (QoL). This study investigates the improvement in GI side effects and related QoL changes in recipients of liver transplantation (OLT) after converting patients from mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) to enteric-coated mycophe...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Doria C,Ramirez CB,Frank AM,Vaccino S,Fraser N,Marino IR

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent immunosuppression with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil has improved the results of renal transplantation. In this study, we analyzed the effect and safety of basiliximab as an induction therapy. MATERIAL AND METHODS:Forty-nine kidney recipients were given tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil and ...

journal_title：Clinical transplantation

authors： Miura M,Harada H,Fukuzawa N,Iwami D,Taniguchi A,Seki T,Togashi M,Ogawa Y,Satoh H,Hirano T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00