MP61-11 TEMPORARY CONTRAINDICATION OF OBESE RECIPIENTS IN KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION: A NEW MORPHOMETRIC TOOL FOR DECISION SUPPORT.

Combination therapy with everolimus and tacrolimus in kidney transplantation recipients: A systematic review

Background and aims: Immunosuppressive regimens are a key component for successful kidney transplantation. This systematic review aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of combination therapy of everolimus with tacrolimus in kidney transplantation recipients. Methods: Results were limited to English-language articles. Trials where recipients received ano...

Development of a Transplantation Risk Index in Patients With Mechanical Circulatory Support: A Decision Support Tool.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to develop a risk index specific to patients on mechanical circulatory support that accurately predicts 1-year mortality after orthotopic heart transplantation using the United Network for Organ Sharing database. BACKGROUND Few clinical tools are available to aid in the decision between continuing long-term device support and performing transplantation in ...

Kidney Transplantation in Iran

Kidney transplantation in patients with end stage renal disease is preferred to dialysis because transplantation provides a better quality of life andimproved survival. However, the gap between the supply and demand for a renal allograft is widening and the waiting time is increasing. Iranian protocol, a controlled transplant program supported by the government for living unrelated donors, was ...

Covid-19 infection in kidney transplant recipients: a case report

New decision support tool for acute lymphoblastic leukemia classification

In this paper, we build up a new decision support tool to improve treatment intensity choice in childhood ALL. The developed system includes different methods to accurately measure furthermore cell properties in microscope blood film images. The blood images are exposed to series of pre-processing steps which include color correlation, and contrast enhancement. By performing K-means clustering ...