BACKGROUND Low case volume has been associated with poorer surgical outcomes in a multitude of surgical procedures. We studied the association among low case volume, outcomes, and the likelihood of pediatric liver transplantation. METHODS We studied a cohort of 6628 candidates listed in the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network for primary pediatric liver transplantation between 2002 ...

The role of reduced-intensity conditioning (RIC) regimens in pediatric cancer treatment is unclear. To define the efficacy of a busulfan/fludarabine/antithymocyte globulin RIC regimen in pediatric patients ineligible for myeloablative transplantation, we completed a trial at 23 institutions in the Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplant Consortium. Forty-seven patients with hematologic malignanci...

THE RESULTS of pediatric kidney transplantation have varied over the years, with .outcomes ranging from fair to excellent. I The majority of centers performing pediatric kidney transplantation in the United States have shown patient and graft survival rates of 92% to 96% and 74% to 89%, respectively.2 We describe here our own results with cadaveric and living related pediatric renal transplant ...

Aim: To evaluate the cardiovascular system functions biochemically and echocardiographically in renal transplant recipients before after transplantation.
 Materials Methods: Patients who were followed up Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department Pediatric Nephrology diagnosed with CRF, underwent transplantation age 18 included study. A control group was formed from healthy volunteers...

Background: Identification of the prognostic factors for survival in patients with liver transplantation is challengeable. Various methods of survival analysis have provided different, sometimes contradictory, results from the same data. Objective: To compare Cox’s regression model with parametric models for determining the independent factors for predicting adults’ and pediatrics’ survival aft...

SEE PAGE 670 P ediatric cardiologists envy our colleagues who treat adults with respect to their feasibility of performing clinical trials, gathering data that results in evidence-based clinical guidelines with class I recommendations, and generating validated risk prediction models, such as the Framingham Risk Score, the Seattle Heart Failure Model, and the CHARM (Candesartan in Heart failure ...

BACKGROUND Identification of the prognostic factors for survival in patients with liver transplantation is challengeable. Various methods of survival analysis have provided different, sometimes contradictory, results from the same data. OBJECTIVE To compare Cox's regression model with parametric models for determining the independent factors for predicting adults' and pediatrics' survival aft...

This article discusses the indications, perioperative management, postoperative complications, and patient outcome of pediatric heart transplantation and pediatric lung transplantation. Special emphasis is placed on the anesthetic considerations relevant for children who are undergoing or have received a solid thoracic organ transplant.

Pediatric liver transplantation is the standard of care for treatment of liver failure in children. The aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of pediatric liver transplantation in centers located in Korea and determine factors that influence outcomes. This retrospective study was performed using data from between 1988 and 2010 and included all recipients 18 yr old and younger wh...