abstract：:In 1999, our center implemented a policy of outpatient protocol biopsies as standard practice for the clinical management of pediatric renal allograft recipients. In order to determine the safety of this procedure, we conducted a retrospective chart audit of all outpatient renal allograft biopsies performed at our cen...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Birk PE,Blydt-Hansen TD,Dart AB,Kaita LM,Proulx C,Taylor G

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While 24-h ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) is an established tool for monitoring antihypertensive therapy in adults, data in children are scarce. We retrospectively analysed whether office blood pressure (BP) is reliable for the diagnosis of BP control in 26 treated hypertensive paediatric renal transplant...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Ferraris JR,Ghezzi L,Waisman G,Krmar RT

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cryptosporidium is an intracellular protozoa that can cause gastroenteritis in humans. In immunocompromised hosts, infection can be severe, leading to life-threatening persistent diarrhea. There is limited experience in treating this infection in solid organ transplants. Although newer drugs active against Cryptospori...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Hong DK,Wong CJ,Gutierrez K

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric cardiac transplant has become increasingly frequent in the last decade and survival rates have improved remarkably. Outcome research on this population suggests that the majority of children have the capacity for healthy adaptation although 25-40% have been shown to have some type of psychiatric difficulties...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Weil CM,Rodgers S,Rubovits S

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma cell-rich acute cellular rejection of a transplanted kidney is described in association with the identification of serum antibody to the red cell Kidd antigen, Jk-b, which is also found in the kidney. This antibody was formed without a history of a recent blood transfusion or exposure to intravenous immunoglobu...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Hamilton MS,Singh V,Warady BA

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is an important cause of lower respiratory tract infection in infants and young children. In immunocompromised children, RSV infection poses a serious health threat with significantly increased and prolonged virus shedding and the development of severe respiratory disease. We report t...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Blanchard SS,Gerrek M,Siegel C,Czinn SJ

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Little data exist on immunosuppressive drug absorption in children with short bowel syndrome and intestinal failure associated liver disease (SBS-IFALD). AIM:To evaluate the absorption of immunosuppressive medications in children with SBS-IFALD undergoing isolated liver transplantation (iLTx). METHODS:A re...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Olio DD,Gupte G,Sharif K,Murphy MS,Lloyd C,McKiernan PJ,Kelly DA,Beath SV

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to demonstrate clinical course of the first reported cases of PLS in pediatric kidney transplantation and therapeutic outcome for such condition using a combination of high-dose corticosteroid and tacrolimus. We report a single case (a nine-year-old Thai boy) with end-stage kidney disease seco...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Pattaragarn A,Viprakasit V,Supavekin S,Sumboonnanonda A

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections are known to have a more benign course in children than in adults. Although the natural history of HCV recurrence after liver transplantation has been well studied in adult patients, much less is known about HCV recurrence after liver transplantation in pediatric patients. Herein, we...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Udell IW,Barshes NR,Finegold MJ,Lee TC,Scott JD,Carter B,Karpen S,Goss JA

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:With an increasing number of heart transplantations (HTx) performed in children and an extended long-term survival of these patients, the importance of transplant coronary artery disease (TCAD) rises in this group of transplant recipients. Reliable serum markers for diagnosis or non-invasive monitoring of th...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Hilgendorff A,Kraemer U,Afsharian M,Bauer J,Tillmanns H,Kemkes-Matthes B,Kreuder J,Hoelschermann H

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of severe aplastic anemia (SAA) patients who lack human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-matched donors and failed immunosuppressive therapy (IST) is challenging. Recently, umbilical cord blood transplantation (CBT) after non-myeloablative therapy has been reported in adult but not in childhood SAA. However, most cas...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Ohga S,Ichino K,Goto K,Hattori S,Nomura A,Takada H,Nakamura K,Hara T

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To study the characteristics and the predictors of survival observed in our pediatric live-donor renal transplant recipients with an allograft that functioned for more than 10 yr. METHODS:One hundred fifteen children underwent renal transplantation between 1976 and 1995. Of these, 30 had functioning allogra...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： El-Husseini AA,Foda MA,Osman YM,Sobh MA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy (LDN) is rapidly becoming the preferred technique for the procurement of living donor kidneys. An association of this technique with delayed graft function and higher risk for rejection has been reported in pediatric recipients. We reviewed our experience of 17 pediatric patients who rec...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Baqi N,Stock J,Lombardo SA,Geffner S,Roberti I

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The safe observation time following pediatric renal transplant biopsy is unknown. To predict the safety of day-care pediatric renal transplant biopsy, we retrospectively evaluated the timing, incidence and severity of post-biopsy complications in children observed overnight. Biopsies were performed under real time ult...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Sweeney C,Geary DF,Hebert D,Robinson L,Langlois V

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heart transplantations have been performed in the Centre for Paediatric Heart Surgery at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen (Germany) since 1988. For further consultation and therapy, some affected children subsequently present at the Polyclinic for Paediatric Dentistry. In all these cases problematic oral findin...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Ansari F,Ferring V,Schulz-Weidner N,Wetzel WE

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bartter's syndrome (BS) is an incurable genetic disease, with variable response to supportive therapy relating to fluid and electrolyte management. Poor control or therapy non-compliance may result in frequent life threatening episodes of dehydration, acidosis and hypokalemia, with resultant adverse effects on patient...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Chaudhuri A,Salvatierra O Jr,Alexander SR,Sarwal MM

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies suggested that the incidence of new-onset diabetes following pediatric kidney transplantation has increased markedly in recent years, with reported incidence of up to 20%. However, limited information is available regarding the incidence and features of pretransplant status of abnormal glucose toleranc...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Shishido S,Sato H,Asanuma H,Shindo M,Hataya H,Ishikura K,Hamasaki Y,Goto M,Ikeda M,Honda M

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular complications remain the most common cause of early renal allograft loss in patients with end-stage renal failure. Underlying thrombophilic disorders increase the risk of early graft thrombosis. A male adolescent with high-risk thrombophilia because of combined heterozygous factor V Leiden (G1691A) and prothr...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： John U,Kentouche K,Nowak G,Schubert J,Misselwitz J

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In patients with myocytolysis detected in endomyocardial biopsy, there is a tendency towards a shift of ventricular electrical axes from normal to strain pattern on surface ECG. Their 12-lead signal-averaged electrocardiogram (SAECG) show a significant increase in filtered QRS duration (QRSD) compared with those with ...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Bennhagen RG,Sörnmo L,Pahlm O,Pesonen E

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) is one of the most difficult problems in stem cell transplantation. It is best considered in the context of the normal immune response. The role of the immune system is to identify and eliminate foreign antigens. In the case of GVHD, the antigens are minor histocompatibility antigens (mHA)...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Antin JH

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the past 20 yr, a dramatic improvement has been achieved in the outcome of children with hepatoblastoma by combining cisplatin based chemotherapy and surgery. Treatment of patients in the USA is an exception to the rule that all patients should receive neoadjuvant chemotherapy. It is paramount that surgical resecti...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Otte JB,de Ville de Goyet J,Reding R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adjusted relative risk (aRR) for development of post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is higher in kidney transplant recipients receiving monoclonal antibody induction therapy, but the aRR between the different available polyclonal agents has not been investigated in detail. We analyzed data from the...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Dharnidharka VR,Stevens G

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The literature regarding the etiology and incidence of short and long-term renal functional impairment in pediatric liver allograft recipients was reviewed. Most of the reports include recipients receiving cyclosporine as the primary immunosuppressant. Using calculated glomerular filtration rate (cGFR), creatinine cle...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Fine RN

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving a patient's quality-of-life (QOL) post-liver transplantation is of great importance. An aspect of improved QOL is the restoration of normal growth patterns in pediatric patients. To describe the post-transplantation growth patterns of 72 children included in the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive a...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Evans IV,Belle SH,Wei Y,Penovich C,Ruppert K,Detre KM,National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Liver Transplantation Database Team.

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes a teenager who developed aplastic anemia (AA) because of non-A-E acute liver failure (ALF) requiring orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). His AA did not recover spontaneously and he required treatment with ATG 9 months post-OLT. Bone marrow recovery occurred 4 months after immunotherapy and co...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Rajwal SR,Davison SM,Stringer MD,Kinsey SE,McClean P

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sirolimus represents a major advancement in the field of solid organ transplantation and is being used as a rescue agent for acute and chronic rejection as well as for primary immunosuppression with good graft outcome. Although initial studies with sirolimus were in adults, now significant data have accumulated on the...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Gupta P,Kaufman S,Fishbein TM

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical techniques that have been used during liver transplantation (LT) together with patient's coagulation profile and institutional practices are reported to have an effect on transfusion requirements. The aim of this study is to evaluate the transfusion requirement in both cadaveric (CDLT, n = 22) and living dono...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Ulukaya S,Acar L,Ayanoglu HO

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) has recently been recognized as a significant and unique form of rejection that is not amenable to treatment with standard immunosuppressive medications aimed at modification of T-cell function. Recent interest in AMR and the role of B cells in rejection has been aided by the concomit...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Jordan SC,Vo AA,Tyan D,Nast CC,Toyoda M

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few studies on invasive pneumococcal disease in pediatric transplant recipients. Given this fact plus the advent of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, we conducted a retrospective study at a major pediatric transplant center. The objectives were to determine the incidence and outcomes of invasive pneumococcal ...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Tran L,Hébert D,Dipchand A,Fecteau A,Richardson S,Allen U

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a patient who received a bilateral lung transplant for end-stage lung disease secondary to Gauchers type-1 disease with no evidence of recurrence of the disease in the transplanted lung. ...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Rao AR,Parakininkas D,Hintermeyer M,Segura AD,Rice TB

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplant anemia is a widespread problem among pediatric renal transplant recipients. Many clinicians treat post-transplant anemia in a manner similar to treatment of anemia in dialysis patients, including the use of intravenous iron, such as sodium ferric gluconate (SFG). Data on pediatric dosing of SFG are lim...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Gillespie RS,Symons JM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 18-yr-old Hispanic female with end-stage renal disease secondary to chronic glomerulonephritis of unknown etiology underwent cadaveric renal transplantation. She was placed on a steroid-free protocol with tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for maintenance immunosuppression. Approximately 8 months post-trans...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Nagarajan S,Friedrich T,Garcia M,Kambham N,Sarwal MM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of individuals with end-stage renal disease have become sensitized to human leukocyte antigens (HLA). Sensitization can have a profound impact on the likelihood of obtaining a requisite negative crossmatch (-XM) with a potential donor. Technologic breakthroughs in our ability to diagnose antibody-...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Montgomery RA,Zachary AA

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare but often fatal disorder in childhood. Its aetiology includes infections, toxins, metabolic disorders, infiltrative diseases, autoimmune hepatitis, ischaemia, irradiation damage, but in a high proportion of cases it remains unknown. In contrast to adults, in children with ALF hepati...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Dhawan A,Cheeseman P,Mieli-Vergani G

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the discovery of hepatitis C virus (HCV) in 1989, significant advances have been made in our understanding of this important viral pathogen. Children at risk for HCV infection include recipients of potentially contaminated blood products and organ transplants, and infants born to HCV-infected mothers. Chronic HC...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： González-Peralta RP

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to study the incidence of chronic renal dysfunction in patients with more than 5 yr of follow-up following liver transplantation and to evaluate the benefit of decreasing cyclosporine A (CsA) dose combined with mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) on renal function and immune response in these patient...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Ferraris JR,Duca P,Prigoshin N,Tambutti ML,Boldrini G,Cardoni RL,D'Agostino D

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transplantation biliary strictures occur in 5-15% of the pediatric liver transplant patients and are conventionally managed by interventional radiological techniques. Failure of this treatment leads to reoperation and sometimes to retransplantation. Herein, we describe a surgical approach and interventional radio...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Salvalaggio PR,Bambini DA,Donaldson J,Saker M,Whitington PF,Alonso EM,Superina RA

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent and de novo disease is an increasing problem and is known to negatively impact transplant graft survival. Immunosuppressive medications have not had an impact on the prevalence of recurrent and de novo disease. Renal Allograft Disease Registry (RADR) was established to study the prevalence, impact and risk f...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Hariharan S,Savin VJ

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Historically inability to achieve portal inflow to the liver allograft operatively was felt to be a contraindication to orthotopic liver transplantation (OLTx). Cavoportal hemi transposition has been utilized more recently in adult OLTx recipients but rarely in pediatric recipients. Here we report the case of a 10-mon...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Verran D,Crawford M,Stormon M,Shun A

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past 50 yr, intensive studies into the use of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for therapy of cancer and non-malignant hematologic diseases have changed this treatment modality from one that was thought to be plagued by insurmountable complications to one that is now standard therapy for some diseas...

journal_title：Pediatric transplantation

authors： Storb R

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00