background hepatitis c virus (hcv) infection is one the major health concern among the infected transplant patients. considering several complications of the disease in them, pre and post-transplantation studies should be performed for monitoring of the infection, as well as, developing new treatment protocols. objectives the current study was conducted to determine the hepatitis c virus rna le...

The national demand for kidney transplantation far outweighs the supply of kidney organs. Currently, a patient's ability to receive a kidney transplant varies depending on where he or she seeks transplantation. This reality is in direct conflict with a federal mandate from the Department of Health and Human Services. We analyze current kidney allocation and develop an alternative kidney sharing...

The first kidney transplant in Iran was performed in 1967, and this was the first organ transplant in countries that are current members of the Middle East Society for Organ Transplantation. In 1988, in response to the long waiting list at the Iranian Ministry of Health for kidney transplant, a state-regulated living-unrelated donor kidney transplant program was adopted. By 1999, the kidney tra...

BACKGROUND Optimal immunosuppression after organ transplant should balance the risks of rejection, infection, and malignancy while minimizing barriers to adherence including frequent or time-sensitive dosing. There is currently no reliable immune function assay to directly measure the degree of immunosuppression after transplantation. METHODS We developed an immune function assay to mea//sure...

Purpose of Review—The aim of this review is to review available data regarding the risks and benefits of indefinite immunosuppression versus attempted immunosuppression withdrawal for children who have undergone liver transplantation. Recent Findings—Emerging data suggest that conventional immunosuppression practices may well be responsible for a substantial proportion of the long-term mortalit...

Human herpesvirus 8 (HHV8) is a herpesvirus that is always associated with Kaposi sarcoma. An enzyme-linked immunoenzymatic assay was used to detect antibodies to the latent nuclear antigen of HHV8 in kidney transplant patients and kidney transplant candidates from Tunisia. A significantly high HHV8 seroprevalence was documented; 17% of kidney transplant patients and 23% in kidney transplant ca...

Ongoing monitoring of kidney transplants is a widely accepted and practiced part of posttransplantation management. One reason to monitor is to evaluate whether the transplant is stable. The transplant community evaluates stability by checking kidney function. Despite problems with sensitivity and specificity, obtaining serial serum creatinine levels is the most common approach to assessing kid...

AIM To reduce hepatic and extrahepatic complications of chronic hepatitis C in kidney transplant recipients. METHODS We conducted a systematic review of kidney only transplant in patients with hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis. RESULTS The 5 year patient survival of kidney transplant recipients with and without hepatitis C cirrhosis ranged from 31% to 90% and 85% to 92%, respectively. Hepat...

BACKGROUND Kidney transplant needs long term treatment, care and a follow up. Patients with kidney transplant need support in fields of knowledge, skills and motivations. Several researches showed existing challenges regarding education of these patients. A qualitative study was conducted to define patients' experiences from their received education about the process of kidney transplant. MAT...