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...

Ninety-five renal transplant recipients from an endemic area of tuberculosis were investigated to find out the prevalence and course of tuberculosis in pre- and post-transplant periods. Eleven patients had tuberculosis in the pre-transplant period - pulmonary (2), pleural (2), miliary (1), abdominal (2), lymph node (5) and pericardial (1). They were transplanted after antituberculous therapy of...

A few key publications report on the frequency of skin disorders in paediatric organ transplant recipients in Southern and Central Europe presenting cumulative incidences. We aimed to estimate frequencies of skin disorders both as cumulative incidences and prevalence data, and describe skin problems in paediatric renal transplant recipients in a Norwegian renal transplant population. Clinical e...

Although cytomegalovirus (CMV) specific cell-mediated immunity (CMI) has been suggested as a predictive marker for CMV infection, proper CMI monitoring strategy in CMV-seropositive recipients and optimal method are not defined. The aim of this study was to evaluate two interferon gamma release assays during early post-transplant period as a predictor of the development of CMV infection in CMV-s...

To assess the contribution of the protein content of urine from the native kidneys to post-transplant proteinuria, we prospectively studied 14 live donor transplant recipients with a pre-transplant random urine protein to creatinine ratio (UPr:Cr) >0.5. Seven patients received preemptive transplants, and seven patients were on dialysis pre-transplant (with residual urine output). Resolution of ...

Post transplant patients are more vulnerable to the opportunistic fungal infections secondary long -standing treatment on immunosuppressive therapy. A conscientious look in post renal transplant patients view of any is crucial. Aureobasidium pullulans an agent responsible for various pathologies leading nodules with ulceration on skin and systemic infection abcess formation viscera. Keyw...

OBJECTIVE Malignancy is the leading cause of death among heart-transplant recipients. There is a higher incidence of post-transplant malignancy in heart-transplant recipients than in kidney-transplant recipients. This study sought to assess the incidence of malignancy in heart-transplant recipients in Taiwan. METHODS This is a retrospective chart review. RESULTS From 1987 to 2008, 291 patie...

background: monitoring of phenotypic characteristics of t-lymphocytes in peripheral blood is commonly performed to give the clinical parameters in the management of kidney transplant recipients.   objective: to predict rejection in renal transplantation by immune parameters. methods: 16 non-diabetic kidney transplant candidates (4 females and 12 males, age = 20-65 yr, first time transplant) wer...

Background Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess central (aortic) vascular dysfunction in post renal transplant patients by high-resolution cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). Background: Renal transplant recipients are at increased risk of cardiovascular (CV) disease. The cardiac phenotype in post-transplant recipients is not well defined. A recent study suggested myo...

Repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a renal transplant recipient poses many different problems due to warm ischaemia to the grafted kidney. This is a case of 50-year-old gentleman who had a pervious renal transplant with abdominal aortic aneurysm. To reduce the effects of warm ischaemia on the transplanted kidney, an axillo unifemoral bypass was done prior to aneurysm repair. This ensured...