Ask the Experts - Renal Transplantation in Patient With Asymptomatic...

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Cardiac catheterization showed coronary artery disease (CAD - 70% occlusion of the proximal right coronary artery and < 70% distal occlusion of a marginal artery) in a 37-year-old male renal transplant candidate who has been on continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis for the last 3 years. He is

Chronic Allograft Injury and Elimination of Chronic Allograft Nephropathy

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The term Chronic Allograft Nephropathy has been eliminated and replaced with terms that distinguish non-specific atrophy and fibrosis from specific entities such as slow antibody-mediated rejection.

Acute Renal Transplant Rejection Possibly Related to Herbal

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The case of a 59-year old Caucasian female who had received a cadaveric renal transplant 16 years before this admission, illustrates the potentially devastating interaction between untested herbal medications and immunosuppression.

Liver Transplantation for Familial Cholestatic Disease

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Is liver transplantation contraindicated in a child with familial cholestatic disease and HCV infection?

Steroids and IgA Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation

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Do steroids reduce the risk of kidney graft loss from recurrent IgA nephropathy?

Ask the Experts - Kidney Transplant Recipient With Polyoma Virus?

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Baseline immunosuppression consists of tacrolimus, mycophenolate mofetil, and prednisone. Despite decreasing the level of immunosuppression, 2 months later the serum creatinine level is 1.8 mg/dL. Any suggestions?

Coccidioidomycosis in Liver Transplant in an Endemic Area

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Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection that's endemic to the Southwestern US and may have an unwanted impact on liver transplant recipients.

Pain Identifies Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Organ Transplant

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Learn to define clinically meaningful warning signals predicting the invasive cutaneous squamous cell carcinomas -- in transplant recipients.

Kidney Transplant Outcomes in HIV-Infected Recipients

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How viable is kidney transplantation for patients infected with HIV?

Live Donor Liver Transplant: Alternative for Acute Liver Failure

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What are the important differences between outcomes for patients with acute hepatic failure receiving living-donor vs deceased-donor liver transplants?

BMI and Mortality in Transplant-Waitlisted Dialysis Patients

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Paradoxical findings regarding obesity and mortality beg new questions regarding weight loss and health outcomes in chronic illness.

Comparison of Three Tacrolimus-Based Immunosuppressive Regimens

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The overall incidence of infection up to 3 years after transplantation and freedom from chronic rejection and survival at 1 and 3 years did not differ among the three groups.

Complications of Living Donor Hepatic Lobectomy

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This report quantifies the complication risk in living donor liver transplants and should be used to inform decision making by potential donors and their caregivers.

Ischemia Time and Graft Survival in ECD Transplant

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With expanded donor criteria more kidneys may be considered viable for transplantation. Will the grafts survive?

Ask the Experts - Transplanting Across Rh Factor?

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I seek your advice on a transplantation case in which the Rh factors of the donor and recipient are different.

Renal Transplant Recipient With PML

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Would a patient with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy be eligible for a third renal transplant?

Breastfeeding After Kidney Transplantation?

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Should a female kidney transplant recipient taking azathioprine, cyclosporine, and prednisone breastfeed a newborn?

'Left at Right' Adult Liver Transplantation

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Left liver grafts have been widely utilized in adult liver transplantation, but a modified technique may yield fewer complications.

Smoking as a Risk Factor After Kidney Transplantation?

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Is smoking a risk for kidney allograft loss?

Renal Transplantation in Elderly Patients

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The median age of the prevalent ESRD population in the US is 58.2 years and there has been an increasing, yet disproportionate, shift toward elderly transplant candidates since 1995.