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New Advances in Kidney Transplantation [PDF]

, 2022
This Special Issue in renal transplantation covers a variety of clinical and research areas in kidney transplantation. The recent decade is associated with an ongoing shortage of organs for transplantation with efforts to increase the organ pool with ...

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Sociodemographic factors and patient perceptions are associated with attitudes to kidney transplantation among haemodialysis patients [PDF]

, 2008
Background. Treatment decisions made by patients with chronic kidney disease are crucial in the renal transplantation process. These decisions are influenced, amongst other factors, by attitudes towards different treatment options, which are modulated by
Marton, Adrienn, Novák, Márta, Zambo, Monika, Kovacs, Agnes, Réthelyi, János, Németh, Zsófia, Molnár, Miklós Zsolt, Csepanyi, Gabor, Vamos, Eszter Panna, Mucsi, István   +9 more
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Factors determining social participation in the first year after kidney transplantation: a prospective study [PDF]

, 2007
BACKGROUND: This study describes changes in social participation in the first year after kidney transplantation and examines the influence of clinical factors, health status, transplantation-related symptoms, and psychological characteristics on change ...
van der Mei, Siirike F.; id_orcid, Van Son, W.J., Van der Mei, S.F., van der Mei, Siirike F., van Son, Willem J., van Sonderen, E.L., van Sonderen, Eric L. P., de Jong, Paul E., van den Heuvel, Wim J. A., van den Heuvel, W.J., De Jong, P.E., Groothoff, J.W., Groothoff, Johan W.   +12 more
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Mechanisms of calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity in chronic allograft injury [PDF]

, 2012
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., Johnston, Olwyn, Hilary Cassidy, Michael P. Ryan, Slattery, Craig, Tara McMorrow, Cassidy, Hilary, Craig Slattery, Olwyn Johnston, Michael P., McMorrow, Tara   +10 more
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Reduced functional measure of cardiovascular reserve predicts admission to critical care unit following kidney transplantation [PDF]

, 2013
Background: There is currently no effective preoperative assessment for patients undergoing kidney transplantation that is able to identify those at high perioperative risk requiring admission to critical care unit (CCU).
Susan Hewins, Banerjee, P, Imray, C. (Chris), Bland, R. (Rosemary), Banerjee, Prithwish, Rosemary Bland, Ting, SMS, Zehnder, D, Ting, Stephen M. S., Stephen M S Ting, Prithwish Banerjee, Hamborg, T, Hewins, Susan, Higgins, R, Zehnder, Daniel, Daniel Zehnder, Higgins, Rob, Hewins, S, Bland, R, Chris H E Imray, Thomas Hamborg, Imray, CHE, Iqbal, H. (Hasan), Hasan Iqbal, Robert Higgins, Iqbal, H, Hamborg, Thomas   +26 more
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Patient self-management in kidney transplantation. definition, measurement, and intervention [PDF]

, 2009
While one-year graft survival rates for deceased donor transplants have soared from about 40% in 1975 to more than 90% in 2005 [1], the long-term perspective has changed very little.
Schäfer-Keller, Petra
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Frailty and prognosis of patients with kidney transplantation: a meta-analysis

BMC Nephrology, 2023
Background The prevalence of frailty among candidates and recipients of kidney transplantation (KT) is well-established, yet the impact of frailty on clinical outcomes following KT remains uncertain.
Jianming Zheng, Yu Cao, Zhen Wang, Yeqi Nian, Liping Guo, Wenli Song   +5 more
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Obesity in Kidney Transplantation [PDF]

Journal of Renal Nutrition, 2014
Kidney transplantation is the preferred modality of renal replacement therapy. Long-term patient and graft survival have only improved marginally over the recent decade, mainly because of the development of cardiovascular disease after transplantation.
Chan, Winnie, Bosch, Jos A, Jones, David, McTernan, Philip G, Phillips, Anna C, Borrows, Richard   +5 more
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First and second morning spot urine protein measurements for the assessment of proteinuria: a diagnostic accuracy study in kidney transplant recipients

BMC Nephrology, 2021
Background Quantification of proteinuria in kidney transplant recipients is important for diagnostic and prognostic purposes. Apart from correlation tests, there have been few evaluations of spot urine protein measurements in kidney transplantation ...
Maja Mrevlje, Manca Oblak, Gregor Mlinšek, Jelka Lindič, Jadranka-Buturović-Ponikvar, Miha Arnol   +5 more
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Kidney Transplantation Combined With Other Organs [PDF]

, 2017
In this chapter the addition of a kidney transplant to transplantation of other organs is described. The first section details the combination of pancreas with kidney transplantation for patients with diabetes mellitus and end-stage renal disease (ESRD).
Ciancio, Gaetano, Junichiro Sageshima, Burke, George W, Sageshima, Junichiro, Pugliese, Alberto, Chen, Linda, Linda Chen, Gaetano Ciancio, Alberto Pugliese, George W. Burke   +9 more
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