Donor-Derived Fungal Infections in Organ Transplant
Donor-derived fungal infections can be associated with serious complications in transplant recipients. How can they be curtailed?
Category : Organ Transplants & Donation : Health & Medical
Sixth Annual AST Winter Symposium
Microbes, rejection, atherosclerosis, and malignancy -- are they related?
Screening Live Kidney Donors for Endemic Infections
Get guidance for testing kidney donors including limitations and interpretation of results.
Ask the Experts - Ileus in Renal Transplant Recipient?
He developed an ileus requiring a return to IV cyclosporine. We switched him to minoxidil and his ileus promptly resolved, and he is now doing well on oral fluids and diet. Could high doses of nifedipine during the immediate posttransplant period have caused prolonged ileus?
Ask the Experts - Immunosuppression in Renal Transplant Recipient With...
The patient is a 55-year-old man with a renal allograft of 5 years' duration (live, unrelated donor) who presented with significant gastrointestinal bleeding and was subsequently found to have adenocarcinoma of the transverse colon (Dukes B2). He is on triple immunosuppressant (cyclosporine ...
Understanding the Causes of Kidney Transplant Failure
Despite great strides in short-term preservation of renal allografts following the introduction of calcineurin inhibitors, extending graft survival beyond 5 years has proven difficult. Learn why.
Pancreas Allocation for Whole Organ and Islet Transplantation
Learn more about factors that impact waiting time for pancreas and islet cell transplants.
Alemtuzumab Pre-Conditioning With Tacrolimus Monotherapy
An immunosuppressive regimen of alemtuzumab preconditioning with tacrolimus monotherapy and subsequent spaced weaning may be effective in pediatric renal transplant recipients.
Multi-organ Transplantation in the Setting of Scarcity
Multi-organ transplantation offers substantial benefits, including avoiding serial surgeries. However, multi-organ transplant candidates in the US commonly receive priority for their nonprimary organ over many who need that organ, which may undermine equity.
Future Direction of the Adult Heart Allocation System in US
Learn how OPTN/UNOS proposed changes to the heart allocation system can provide a framework for more effective and equitable allocation of organs.
Improved Allograft Survival Among Low-income Transplant Recipients
In this video blog Ron Shapiro, MD discusses the cost-effectiveness of lifelong Medicare coverage of immunosuppressive medications for economically disparate renal transplant recipients.
Pneumonia After Lung Transplantation in the Resitra Cohort
The routine use of ganciclovir has changed the natural history of CMV infection, so that pneumonia appears later, once prophylaxis is suspended.
MDRD Equations for Estimation of GFR in Renal Transplant
Several equations to estimate GFR were verified in the MDRD study cohort, but little is known about the application of these formulas in the setting of renal transplantation.
Outcome With Preformed DSAbs After Alemtuzumab and Tacrolimus
Could patients with preformed DSAbs benefit from augmented immunosuppression - even if they have a negative crossmatch?
Ask the Experts - Management of Epstein-Barr Virus Infection?
The patient received 6 weeks of ganciclovir 450 mg bid. The symptoms resolved, but the viral load is now 4000. Liver function is normal. What should I do now -- continue ganciclovir (intravenous or oral), discontinue ganciclovir and monitor viral load, try intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG)?
Ask the Experts - Treatment of Refractory Rejection in the Liver...
I am a young surgeon at our liver-transplant center and have been charged with patients who received liver transplants more than 6 months ago.
Liver Transplant Survival by Waiting Time in HCC
Does a prolonged waiting list time for hepatocellular carcinoma candidates have a negative impact in posttransplant survival?
Identifying Specific Causes of Kidney Allograft Loss
Causes of graft loss were determined by reviewing clinical and histologic information in 1317 conventional kidney recipients.
Survival Benefit of Repeat Liver Transplantation in US
Learn more about allocating scarce liver grafts, with MELD.
Screening Live Kidney Donors for Endemic Infections
Get guidance for testing kidney donors including limitations and interpretation of results.