PurposeCardiac re-transplantation (reTX) in pediatrics remains a rare occurrence, representing only 2% of all pediatric heart transplants (HT). The purpose this study was to describe the pre-transplant characteristics, waitlist outcomes and post-HT for reTX at our center.MethodsRetrospective review patients listed transplantation (HT) from 1/1/2014-10/18/2021. Pre-transplant characteristics pos...

background: this cross-sectional study was conducted to compare the cost-effectiveness of three therapeutic methods of long-term hemodialysis, kidney transplant from a living person and kidney transplant from a cadaver utilizing disability adjusted life years (daly) using data from the records of patients referred to afzalipour hospital of kerman in 2012.   methods: this cross-sectional study u...

BACKGROUND Increasing numbers of older patients are developing established renal failure and considering kidney transplant as a renal replacement therapy (RRT) option. The probability of older patients actually receiving a deceased donor kidney transplant is unclear, preventing informed choice about pursuing the option of transplantation. We sought to analyse our RRT population to determine the...

In our study, we determined the efficacy of bortezomib-based induction therapy followed by autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) in newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory (R/R) multiple myeloma (MM) patients and compared the advantages of early versus late transplant. We used a retrospective analysis to examine 62 patients, including 46 cases of newly diagnosed MM (early transplant group) and...

BACKGROUND Liver transplantation is the optimal method of treatment in patients with end-stage liver failure. Transplantation medicine has significantly progressed in the last time, but some psychology and psychosomatic problems still remain unsolved. Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in liver transplant is considered a useful measure of evolutionary process of the illness. OBJECTIVE The ...

It is well known that pre-transplant B cell activating factor (BAFF) levels are associated with the development of de novo anti-HLA antibodies and antibody mediated rejection post-transplant. However, the clinical significance of BAFF values at allograft rejection has not been determined. In this study, we investigated the clinical significance of pre-transplant BAFF level as well as post-trans...

introduction: mycobacterial tuberculosis (tb) infection is a serious opportunistic infection in renal transplant patients. although tb is normally considered as an opportunistic infection of the early period, it can be diagnosed at any time. in this study four patients who suffered from tb were examined. cases report: among 200 patients who were monthly examined in sina hospital of tehran, tb w...

IMPORTANCE The field of transplantation has made tremendous progress since the first successful kidney transplant in 1954. OBJECTIVE To determine the survival benefit of solid-organ transplant as recorded during a 25-year study period in the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database and the Social Security Administration Death Master File. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS In this re...