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Effects of Pre-Transplant Hemodialysis Timing on Post Kidney Transplant Outcomes

Background: For kidney transplant patients on hemodialysis there is little evidence examining how timing of individual hemodialysis sessions prior to kidney transplant may affect short and long-term post-transplant outcomes.
Thanamayooran, Aran
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Storz professional image enhancement system (SPECTRA A) enhancing detection of carcinoma urinary bladder by white light cystoscopy

African Journal of Urology
Background SPECTRA A filters red light from white light through software to create contrast for better tissue visualization and light penetration. We aim to find whether the detection rate of bladder cancer is enhanced by SPECTRA A in adjunct to White ...
Diwas Gnyawali, Prem Raj Sigdel, Bipendra D. K. Rai, Suman Chapagain, Prem Raj Gyawali   +4 more
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Efficacy of Adjunct Hemoperfusion Compared to Standard Medical Therapy on 28-Day Mortality in Leptospirosis Patients with Renal Failure and Shock: A Single-Center Randomized Controlled Trial

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease
Hemoperfusion is a novel adjunct therapy that targets the dysregulated inflammatory events in severe sepsis. Previous studies have reported conflicting results on its efficacy and safety.
Danice Romagne Leano, Romina Danguilan, Mel-Hatra Arakama, Vince Apelin, Paolo Pinkerton Alamillo, Eric Chua   +5 more
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Cancer Detection Yield of TRUS-Guided Biopsy in Nepalese Men in the Fusion Biopsy Era

Journal of Health Science and Medical Research (JHSMR)
Objective: Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsy of the prostate is performed to obtain a histopathological diagnosis of prostate cancer and has been the mainstay of urological practice for years.
Ajit Khadga, Mahesh Bahadur Adhikari, Bipin Maharjan, Ravi Kiran Gautam, Prashant Mishra, Birodh Basnet, Deepak Kumar Yadav, Kricha Pande   +7 more
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Living renal transplant donors' expectations of recipients' post-transplant quality of life and longevity

, 2012
As living renal donors face a unique decision of self-sacrifice that is not without risk, there is an ethical imperative for health professionals to understand the donors' perspective.
McGrath, Pamela
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Competition and Post-Transplant Outcomes in Cadaveric Liver Transplantation under the MELD Scoring System [PDF]

Previous researchers have modelled the decision to accept a donor organ for transplantation as a Markov decision problem, the solution to which is often a control-limit optimal policy: accept any organ whose match quality exceeds some health-dependent ...
Alberto M. Segre, Jeffrey B. Halldorson, John P. Roberts, Harry J. Paarsch   +3 more
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Acute kidney injury and tacrolimus toxicity in a kidney transplant recipient treated with nirmaltrevir/ritonavir: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports
Background Kidney transplant recipients with severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 infection have an increased risk of severe disease and mortality.
Jack Rycen, Julia Jefferis, David Mudge
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Late Parotid Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Following Liver Transplantation: A Case Report

Case Reports in Hepatology
Metastatic recurrence to the parotid gland following liver transplantation has not been previously reported. We describe a case of a 63-year-old man with hepatocellular carcinoma secondary to alcoholic cirrhosis who was treated with transarterial ...
Anthony Onde Morada, Caroline Kai Chen, Clifford Akateh, Michael R. Marvin, Anil Kotru   +4 more
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Kidney Transplant Recipient Surgery

, 2017
The first successful kidney transplantation between identical twins, performed in Boston in 1954, opened the clinical transplant era. Ever since, kidney transplantation has become one of the milestones of the recent history of medicine, whilst saving ...
Boggi, Ugo, Vistoli, Fabio, Perrone, Vittorio, Fabio Vistoli, Vittorio Perrone, Orlando, Giuseppe, Gabriella Amorese, Giuseppe Orlando, Amorese, Gabriella, Ugo Boggi   +9 more
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Patient involvement in selection of immunosuppressive regimen following transplantation.

, 2014
Transplantation has made a considerable difference to the lives of many patients. However, feedback from patients indicates that although having a transplant is a hugely positive experience, having to take medications indefinitely is one of the biggest ...
MacPhee IA, Kyegombe M, MacPhee, IA, Popoola J, Greene H, Greene, H, Popoola, J, Kyegombe, M   +7 more
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