Surgical advances, in conjunction with more effective immunosuppressive strategies, have propelled the field of lung transplantation forward and have made intermediate-term survival an achievable goal. Nonetheless, the post-transplant course is often marked by complications that threaten both the quality and duration of the recipient's life. Many of the medical complications that arise are the ...

With long-term function of allografts increasingly the norm, detection and management of medical complications assume greater importance in the care of renal transplantation recipients. At least two trends in transplantation seem likely to make medical surveillance even more crucial. First, better control of adverse immunologic events early after transplantation has significantly reduced graft ...

This book is the first edition and solely written by Claudio Ponticelli, former director of Nephrology at Ospedale Maggiore, Milan, Italy. I admit that before writing this book review, I read an article in an automobile magazine. I apologize to the author and to the readers of this respected journal NDT that this review will read somewhat like this article in question, which dealt about the new...

The sequelae of pancreas surgery are determined by the type of procedure, the extent of the parenchymal resection and the underlying disorder. In ductal carcinoma, the outcome is heavily influenced by the disease itself. Mortality rates are lower in centers which perform the most operations. In chronic pancreatitis, surgical management is essentially therapeutic for complications and palliative...

Liver transplantation (LT) is widely accepted as an effective therapeutic modality for a variety of irreversible acute and chronic liver disease. The success of liver transplantation has increased steadily over the last two decades and several advances have been made since the first human liver transplant. This procedure has become routine with an excellent outcome in terms of both quality and ...

The prevalence of overweight and obesity is increasing worldwide. A comparison of data from 1976–80 with that from 1999–2000 shows that the prevalence of overweight (defined as body mass index, BMI, of 25–29.9 kg/m) increased from 46% to 64.5%, and the prevalence of obesity (BMI 530 kg/m) doubled to 30.5%. The epidemic of obesity is not just isolated to the US, but is worldwide, including less ...

General drug toxicity has long been a concern of physicians. Recently, there has been increasing concern about the psychological side effects of drugs. This paper reviews the literature on psychological side effects of those drugs which have been most studied in recent years. It also includes a section reviewing the literature on miscellaneous drugs associated with psychological symptoms. This ...