Report on post-transplantation cancer in southeast Asia from the Thai kidney transplantation cohort
Post-transplantation cancer is a significant cause of mortality among kidney transplant recipients (KTR). The incidence of post-transplantation cancer varies based on geographic region and ethnicity.
Suthanit Laowalert +10 more
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Introduction Patients with coronavirus disease, especially solid organ transplant recipients, are more susceptible to developing cytokine release syndrome than those with other viral infections.
Daiji Takamoto +9 more
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A Scoring Tool to Predict Pulmonary Complications in Severe Leptospirosis with Kidney Failure
Rapid identification of patients likely to develop pulmonary complications in severe leptospirosis is crucial to prompt aggressive management and improve survival. The following article is a cohort study of leptospirosis patients admitted at the National
Rizza Antoinette Yap So +5 more
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Mechanisms of calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity in chronic allograft injury
The first successful transplantation of a human kidney was performed more than 50 years ago by Murray and colleagues in 1954 between identical twins. The success of this transplantation was due to the fact that no significant rejection occurs between ...
Ryan, Michael P. +10 more
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Behaviour of non-donor specific antibodies during rapid re-synthesis of donor specific HLA antibodies after antibody incompatible renal transplantation [PDF]
Background: HLA directed antibodies play an important role in acute and chronic allograft rejection. During viral infection of a patient with HLA antibodies, the HLA antibody levels may rise even though there is no new immunization with antigen ...
Rizwan Hamer +35 more
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BACKGROUND Geographic disparities in access to deceased donor kidney transplantation persist in the United States under the Kidney Allocation System (KAS) introduced in 2014, and the effect of transplant center practices on the probability of ...
Kristen L. King +9 more
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Extended pancreas donor program - the EXPAND study rationale and study protocol [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation (SPK), pancreas transplantation alone (PTA) or pancreas transplantation after kidney (PAK) are the only curative treatment options for patients with type 1 (juvenile) diabetes mellitus with or ...
Bechstein, Wolf Otto +62 more
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Bioengineering Kidneys for Transplantation [PDF]
One in 10 Americans suffers from chronic kidney disease, and close to 90,000 people die each year from causes related to kidney failure. Patients with end-stage renal disease are faced with two options: hemodialysis or transplantation. Unfortunately, the transplantation option is limited because of the shortage of donor organs and the need for ...
Maria Lucia L, Madariaga, Harald C, Ott
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COVID‐19 in kidney transplant recipients: A multicenter experience in Istanbul
Management of COVID‐19 in kidney transplant recipients should include treatment of the infection, regulation of immunosuppression, and supportive therapy. However, there is no consensus on this issue yet.
E. Demir +17 more
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Who should be prioritized for renal transplantation?: Analysis of key stakeholder preferences using discrete choice experiments [PDF]
Background Policies for allocating deceased donor kidneys have recently shifted from allocation based on Human Leucocyte Antigen (HLA) tissue matching in the UK and USA. Newer allocation algorithms incorporate waiting time as a primary factor, and in
Clark, M. D. +30 more
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