OBJECTIVES In chronic kidney disease, both bleeding and thrombotic complications are observed, although with expected recovery after a successful transplant. Adiponectin has protective properties with respect to atherogenesis and inflammation. Plasma adiponectin levels are markedly elevated among patients with end-stage renal disease and are lower after kidney transplant. However, this topic is...

Demand for liver transplantation continues to exceed donor organ supply. Comparing recipient survival to that of comparable candidates without a transplant can improve understanding of transplant survival benefit. Waiting list and post-transplant mortality was studied among a cohort of 12 996 adult patients placed on the waiting list between 2001 and 2003. Time-dependent Cox regression models w...

OBJECTIVES We report the incidence and pattern of malignancies in renal transplant recipients from our department. MATERIALS AND METHODS Between March 1983 and August 2013, the records of 2054 renal transplant recipients from our department were retrospectively reviewed with regard to type of neoplasm, age, gender, interval between the transplant and the diagnosis of malignancy, immunosuppres...

Outcomes for certain surgical procedures have been linked with volume: hospitals performing a high number of procedures demonstrate better outcomes than do low-volume centers. This study examines the effect of volume on hepatic and renal transplant outcomes. Data from the Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients were analyzed for transplants performed from 1996-2000. Transplant centers were...

renal transplantation is considered one of the best long-term therapies for chronic renal failure, but unfortunately the incidence of malignancy significantly increases in renal transplant recipients. we analyzed nine cases of malignancy in 200 renal transplant recipients occurring in a 12-year follow-up in imam hospital of tehran university, tehran, iran. according to this study, the organ mos...

Infections are a major cause of morbidity andmortality in kidney transplant recipients. To some extent, these may be preventable. Careful pretransplant screening, immunization, and post-transplant prophylactic antimicrobials may all reduce the risk for post-transplant infection. However, because transplant recipients may not manifest typical signs and symptoms of infection, diagnoses may be con...

Background: Renal transplant candidates are frequently declined access to transplantation secondary to obesity and poor functional status. To maintain candidacy on the transplant waiting list, these patients are often required to lose significant weight. Substantial weight loss commonly produces a panniculus, generating a transplant site at high-risk for wound complications, blocking access to ...

Spontaneous twin pregnancy is rare in renal transplant recipients, and confers a significant risk, in terms of both transplant dysfunction and fetal complications. Physiological changes in renal haemodynamics may assist in predicting a favourable outcome, but have not been previously reported in these circumstances. We present a case of a successful outcome for both mother and babies, and detai...

The authors assessed the validity of psychiatric evaluations for orthotopic heart transplant candidates with respect to predicting adverse post-transplant outcomes. A group of 108 transplant recipients were followed for an average of 970 days, and pre-transplant evaluations were retrospectively coded for psychiatric risk factors. Previous suicide attempts, poor adherence to medical recommendati...

Respiratory viral infections (RVI) are a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) patients. We examined clinical characteristics and respiratory viral detection in asymptomatic pediatric HSCT pre-transplant patients and symptomatic post-transplant patients. Coxsackie/echovirus (most common virus detected pre and post-transplant), rhinovirus, and cor...