Ask the Experts - Renal Transplant Recipient With Interstitial...

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I would like to know of any experience with renal transplantation and interstitial nephritis with acute renal failure and polyoma virus infection (ie, strategies for treatment and outcome of allograft function). We have one such patient, 8 months posttransplantation with a serum creatinine of 3.4 mg

Induction Therapy

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Should I be concerned about this situation: positive B-cell crossmatch, IgM autoantibody negative, and PRA 0% in first-time, living-related kidney transplantation? What is the best induction therapy?

Letter to the Editor

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We want the audience of this article to be aware that valganciclovir HCl is indicated for the prevention of cytomegalovirus disease in high-risk kidney, heart, and kidney-pancreas recipients.

24th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the ISHLT

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Calling all physicians, surgeons, physician assistants, transplant coordinators, nurses, scientists, and others who work in the field of thoracic transplantation: Reasons to attend ISHLT 2004.

Pancreas After Kidney Transplantation?

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What are the recommendations for evaluating renal function in candidates for pancreas transplantation?

Compensating the Transplant Professional: Time for a Change

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Work-volume based RVU's won't suffice for keeping talented transplantation surgeons compensated. What will?

Immunosuppression Without CIs in Liver Transplantation

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What is the experience with calcineurin inhibitor-free immunosuppression in liver transplantation?

Ask the Experts - Self-Catheterization After Renal Transplantation?

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In a patient with bladder outlet obstruction undergoing renal transplantation, is it safe to advise clean, intermittent self-catheterization postoperatively?

Immune Homeostasis and Microbiome--Therapeutic Modulation

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Learn more about links between the human microbiome and immune systems and their impact on autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

Treatment of Chronic Renal Allograft Rejection

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In this video blog Ron Shapiro, MD discusses the results of a pilot study of the treatment of chronic antibody-mediated rejection in pediatric renal transplant recipients.

Eurotransplant Meeting 2000

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Eurotransplant is an international organization located in Leiden, The Netherlands, that allocates donor organs procured within 6 participating countries: Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, and the newest member, Slovenia.

Immunosuppression for HIV-Positive Kidney Transplant Recipient?

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What is the immunosuppressant regimen used by Starzl's group for HIV-positive transplant recipients?

Long-Term Survival of Intestinal Allografts

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Intestinal transplantation is now recognized as definitive therapy for selected patients with intestinal failure.

Assessing Glomerular Filtration Rate by Estimation Equations

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We assessed the performance of estimation equations compared with iothalamate GFR in 209 patients using the modification of diet in renal disease, Nankivell and Cockcroft-Gault methods.

Biliary Complications After Liver Transplantation

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Get updated on the latest means of prevention and treatment of biliary complications, a major source of morbidity after liver transplantation.

Ask the Experts - Renal Transplant Recipient With Microangiopathic...

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A 25-year-old male developed atypical adult-type hemolytic uremic syndrome and was treated with multiple plasmaphereses (60+) and other supportive measures.

Biotechnological Solutions to the Organ Crisis

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Research related to the immunobiology of xenotransplantation and genetic construction of bioartificial organs has exploded, in part, because of an alarming shortage of transplantable organs from a limited pool of human donors.

Early Steroid Discontinuation After Kidney Transplantation

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In this video blog, Ron Shapiro, MD, University of Pittsburgh, discusses kidney transplant half-lives after a regimen of rapid steroid withdrawal.

Social Media and Organ Donor Registration

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Social media friends may be helpful when it comes to getting more registered organ donors.

Influenza Vaccination in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients:

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This study evaluated changes in ALT level and immunogenicity with influenza vaccination in liver transplant recipients; of 51 recipients, 1 HCV (-) recipient vaccinated within 3 months of transplantation developed acute cellular rejection.