Life after a pediatric kidney transplant.
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Transplantation
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Stem Cells mobilization and collection in allogeneic related and unrelated donors: a single center experience with focus on plerixafor.
Poor CD34 + cells mobilization in allogeneic donors could affect transplant outcome. In a subgroup of patient mobilization with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) alone is unsat...
Pharmacogenetic and clinical predictors of voriconazole concentration in hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients receiving CYP2C19-guided dosing.
CYP2C19-guided voriconazole dosing reduces pharmacokinetic variability, but many patients remain subtherapeutic. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of candidate genes and a nov...
Safety and efficacy of enhanced recovery after surgery among patients undergoing percutaneous nephrolithotomy: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Enhanced recovery after surgery is widely used in the perioperative period in the field of urology; however, it lacks comprehensive and systematic evidence supporting its efficacy and safety...
Disparities Influence Outcomes in Live Donor Liver Transplants
Known disparities related to race and sex in deceased donor liver transplantation also appear to influence live donor liver transplantation....
Risk of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Subsequent Allograft Failure after Pancreas Transplantation.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a common cause of infection after transplantation, but few studies have evaluated its epidemiology, risk factors, and outcomes among pancreas transplant recipients. ...
ASSESSING THE ROLE OF PHOSPHORYLATED S6 RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN IN THE PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY ANTIBODY-MEDIATED REJECTION.
Pulmonary antibody-mediated rejection is still a challenging diagnosis as C4d has poor sensitivity. Previous studies have indicated that the phosphorylated S6 ribosomal protein, a component ...
Non-Inferior Outcomes in Lower Urgency Patients Transplanted with Extended Criteria Donor Hearts.
Recent work has suggested that outcomes among heart transplant patients listed at the lower-urgency (United Network for Organ Sharing Status 4 or 6) status may not be significantly impacted ...
High-MELD Living-Donor Liver Transplants Show Comparable Outcomes
High-MELD living-donor liver transplants show acceptable outcomes, similar to deceased-donor transplants, offering hope for reducing donor shortages....
Generalizability of COBRA: A Parsimonious Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism Risk Assessment Model.
Standardized use of venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment models (RAMs) in surgical patients has been limited, in part due to the cumbersome workflow addition required to use availabl...
Survival “Excellent” for Patients With Infection Before Liver Transplant
Patients with an infection before liver transplant had excellent survival outcomes despite requiring more complex post-transplant care....
Safety and tolerability of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in bridge-to-transplant patients supported with centrifugal-flow left ventricular assist devices.
The safety and tolerability of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) in patients with end-stage heart failure supported with left-ventricular-assist-devices (LVADs), irrespectiv...
Efficacy of autologous stem cell transplantation for patients with myeloma having suboptimal response: A multicenter retrospective analysis.
Autologous stem cell transplantation (ASCT) is the standard of care for myeloma patients when partial response (PR) or better is achieved after induction therapy. However, its clinical signi...
[Polatuzumab vedotin, bendamustine, and rituximab in patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, including the outcome as a bridging treatment to CAR-T cell therapy or allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant].
Pola-BR (polatuzumab vedotin, bendamustine, and rituximab) therapy received approval for relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (R/R DLBCL) in Japan in March 2021. There have been...
Comparison of resection versus liver transplantation for intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: Past, present, and future directions.
Intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (iCCA) is a rare biliary tract cancer with high mortality rate. Complete resection of the iCCA lesion is the first choice of treatment, with good prognosis af...
Impact of statin treatment and exposure on the risk of chronic allograft dysfunction in Chinese lung transplant recipients.
Chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) was a common complication following lung transplantation that contributed to long-term morbidity and mortality. Statin therapy had been suggested to...
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Envarsus Versus Immediate Release Tacrolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients With Delayed Graft Function.
The incidence of delayed graft function (DGF) among kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) in the United States continues to increase. The effect of immediate-release tacrolimus (tacrolimus) co...
[Terra incognita of tissue donation: A systematic literature review analyzing institutional factors influencing the willingness to donate tissue].
Partly because of a lack of governmental commitment in educational work, tissue donation is largely unknown in the German population, although it has an increasing relevance for patient care...
Outcomes of Lung Transplant Candidates Aged ≥70 Years During the Lung Allocation Score Era.
With the increasing age of lung transplant candidates, we studied waitlist and post-transplant outcomes of candidates ≥70 years during the Lung Allocation Score era.Adult lung transplant c...
Use of Exception Status Listing and Related Outcomes During Two Heart Allocation Policy Periods.
The October 2018 update to the heart allocation policy was intended to decrease exception status requests, whereby candidates are listed at a specific status due to perceived need despite no...
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