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Introduction. Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection continues to represent a poor prognostic factor in kidney transplant (KTx) patients. New direct-acting antiviral agents (DAA) have dramatically changed the therapy management for HCV, showing promising ...
Giovanni Varotti+4 more
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Is COVID-19 infection more severe in kidney transplant recipients?
There are no studies which have compared the risk of severe COVID‐19 and related mortality between transplant recipients and nontransplant patients. We enrolled two groups of patients hospitalized for COVID‐19, that is, kidney transplant recipients (KTR)
S. Caillard+35 more
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Flu is the cause of up to 650,000 deaths worldwide each year. According to CDC USA in 2019-2020 the flu caused 86,000 deaths. Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) are at high risk for serious complications and adverse effects of influenza ...
M. Kolesnyk+5 more
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The COVID‐19 pandemic has significantly changed the landscape of kidney transplantation in the United States and worldwide. In addition to adversely impacting allograft and patient survival in postkidney transplant recipients, the current pandemic has ...
P. Khairallah+8 more
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is diagnosed in 1–40% of the COVID-19 patients; from 2% to 10% of the patients are required renal replacement therapy (RRT). The mortality rate in this category of patients reached 88%.
M. Kolesnyk+5 more
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A predictive model for kidney transplant graft survival using machine learning [PDF]
Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal failure patients. The predominant method used for kidney quality assessment is the Cox regression-based, kidney donor risk index. A machine learning method may provide improved prediction of transplant outcomes and help decision-making. A popular tree-based machine learning method, random
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Functions of a Transplanted Kidney [PDF]
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Carrel, A., Guthrie, C. C.
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COVID-19 Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Disease Incidence and Clinical Outcomes.
BACKGROUND COVID-19 has been associated with high morbidity and mortality in kidney transplant recipients. However, risk factors for COVID-19 disease in patients with kidney transplants remain poorly defined.
M. Elias+13 more
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Background Aplastic anemia (AA) is a rare but fatal disorder characterized by pancytopenia due to bone marrow hypoplasia. Anti-glomerular basement membrane disease (anti-GBM disease) is an immune complex small-vessel vasculitis that presents as rapidly ...
Kenji Matsui+8 more
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Headache in kidney transplantation [PDF]
The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the relevance of the symptom "headache" in kidney transplanted patients, since few studies have considered headache as a clinically significant complication in this condition. A total of 83 consecutive kidney transplant patients underwent to neurological examination and a detailed headache history ...
MAGGIONI, FERDINANDO+8 more
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