Simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation: a critical appraisal of the risks and benefits compared with other treatment alternatives [0.03%]
同时胰腺肾移植：与其它治疗选择相比的风险和收益的批判性评价
Alexander C Wiseman
Alexander C Wiseman
Advances in technical aspects of pancreas transplantation and improvements in immunosuppression over the last decade have led to significant improvements in pancreas transplant outcomes in the short-term. Simultaneous kidney pancreas transp...
Roy D Bloom,Melissa Bleicher
Roy D Bloom
Impaired kidney function is common in liver transplant candidates and portends heightened risk for both postoperative chronic kidney disease and mortality. The weighting of serum creatinine in the Model of End-stage Liver Disease classifica...
Acute kidney injury after liver, heart, and lung transplants: dialysis modality, predictors of renal function recovery, and impact on survival [0.03%]
急性肾损伤后的肝、心和肺移植：透析方式、肾功能恢复预测因素及其对生存的影响
Phuong-Thu T Pham,Carmen Slavov,Phuong-Chi T Pham
Phuong-Thu T Pham
Recipients of nonrenal organ transplants including the liver, heart, and lung are at risk for developing acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD). Underlying hepatic or cardiopulmonary failure, prolonged intraoperative hem...
Hani M Wadei,Connie L Davis
Hani M Wadei
Since the implementation of the model of end-stage liver disease score to prioritize patients for orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT), the number of liver transplant candidates with renal failure and on renal replacement therapy (RRT) ha...
Connie L Davis
Connie L Davis
Living kidney donation continues as the cornerstone of transplantation. In order to determine with ever-renewing assurance that living donation is safe for the donor, we need to periodically review the literature, review the United Network ...
Michael G Ison
Michael G Ison
Donor-derived infectious diseases are infections that are present in an organ donor and have the potential to be transmitted to at least 1 transplant recipient. Several recent transmissions have been covered by the lay media and in the medi...
Julie M Yabu,Flavio Vincenti
Julie M Yabu
Kidney transplantation today has excellent short-term outcomes, but long-term graft survival has not improved in a parallel fashion. The goal of immunosuppressive therapy is to balance the beneficial effects of reducing acute rejection whil...
Connie L Davis
Connie L Davis
Jerry Yee
Jerry Yee
John Moran
John Moran
Recently, multiple initiatives to produce dedicated and simplified hemodialysis machines for home hemodialysis (HHD) have begun. Most have been designed for short daily hemodialysis 6 times per week. Only 1 machine currently has Food and Dr...