We have consistently noticed in our clinical practice eczematous dermatitis (EcD) without other pathologic findings of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in recipients of unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT). We hypothesized...
Polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) is a combination of various symptoms like anovulation, hirsutism, chronic amenorrhea, infertility, obesity and polycystic ovaries. It affects over 7 million women worldwide. The current...
Emphysema affects millions of people in the United States; the underlying pathophysiology is destruction of lung parenchyma resulting in hyperinflation. To date mainstay of treatment is medical care however currently there are 2...
Despite ongoing donor shortages in heart transplant, donor candidates arising from drug overdose (OD) are increasingly prevalent. These donors carry a high preponderance of now curable Hepatitis C virus (HCV). This study...
Local disturbances drive the decrease of the area covered by Posidonia oceanica in the Mediterranean. Mechanical impacts during the development of coastal infrastructures alter sea floor and the recolonization of benthic...
Liver Transplantation has advanced over the past three decades, with one-year survival rates improving 25%. Survival rates for those transplanted has increased to remarkable levels, but survival from the time of listing may not...
Diffuse splanchnic thrombosis may render standard LTx difficult or even technically impossible. A 19-year-old woman with acute-on-chronic Budd-Chiari syndrome and complete splanchnic thrombosis underwent conventional LTx. Only...
The increasing proportion of outpatient allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplants (HCTs) coupled with increased access of once-daily broad-spectrum antibiotics and evidence that outpatient antibiotic treatment may be safer and...
The objective of this study was to estimate the lifetime costs of patients receiving treatment for follicular lymphoma (FL) in the United States.A Markov model was programmed in hēRo3 with a 6-month cycle length, 35-year time...
Living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) is increasing, yet gaps exist in the understanding of psychological wellbeing of donors after liver transplant. This meta-analysis seeks to evaluate the incidence and risk factors for...
Efforts to evaluate the health of solid organ transplant recipients are hampered by the lack of adequate patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) targeting this group. We developed the Transplant ePROM (TXP), which is based on...
Nutrition support is essential in children with cancer, including those undergoing bone marrow transplant (BMT), to reduce the risk of malnutrition and associated deleterious outcomes. Enteral nutrition is more commonly provided...
