E M Alonso

..The purpose of this study was to determine the functional status and HRQOL in this population using a validated measure for children, the Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form 50 (CHQ-PF50)...

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..Linear growth impairment and incomplete linear catch up growth are common following LT and may improve by avoiding advanced growth failure before LT and steroid exposure minimization...

..This review includes discussion of a small number of studies published within the past year and details future directions in this area of research...

..However, it appears that age at the time of testing may have an impact, with lower function observed in older children...

..To investigate the distribution of health-related quality of life in pediatric liver transplant recipients compared with a normative population...

..001). Results suggest a higher prevalence of cognitive and academic delays and learning problems in pediatric LT recipients compared to the normal population...

..60, p = 0.008) with overall DSD. Physical and psychological functioning of adolescent liver and kidney transplant patients is high. Caregivers may serve as adequate proxies of psychological but not physical health...

..The risk of developing autoimmune hepatitis appears to be greater in children after liver transplantation than in the general pediatric population. Standard therapy for autoimmune hepatitis is effective...

..Patients in the LDLT group had markedly improved survival compared with the CAD group. Timely transplantation before worsening organ failure may account for these findings...

..In conclusion, the PedsQL Transplant Module demonstrated excellent initial feasibility, reliability and construct validity in pediatric patients with solid organ transplants...

..Our findings underscore the need to define the mechanisms by which these risk factors, some of which are modifiable, result in chronic anemia in pediatric liver transplant recipients...

..These findings help to demonstrate the importance in this population of a patient's general physiologic condition and its influence on the overall hospital course and survival...

..05). Importantly, there have been no graft losses. Reduced dose, once daily CNI monotherapy is safe in carefully selected recipients, with a longer interval post liver transplantation increasing the likelihood of success...

..CONCLUSION: We conclude that PLB in young infants is associated with a somewhat higher risk of complications than in older children, particularly complications related to sedation...

..Seven patients died at a mean age of 3.9 +/- 2.4 years, as a result of liver failure in two, hepatocellular carcinoma in two, and complications of liver transplantation in three...

..Two of the three neonates with life-threatening enteroviral hepatitis recovered fully. Further experience with pleconaril for neonatal enteroviral hepatitis is warranted...

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..Strategies to minimize long-term exposure to calcineuron inhibitors may reduce the prevalence of renal insufficiency in this vulnerable population...

..Regional variation suggests that PELD has not resulted in standardization of listing practices in pediatric liver transplantation...

..In conclusion, the presence of more than one bile duct in the graft is an independent risk factor for the development of biliary complications after pediatric liver transplantation...

..MLPVB should be considered in treating primary EHPVT, because it corrects portal blood flow and could optimize learning potential...

..In conclusion, the radiological treatment of biliary strictures with balloon dilation and stenting can be performed successfully with minimal complications avoiding the need for surgical correction in many cases...

..Very little is known about this frontier of transplantation. Our intent is to provide an overview of neonatal OLT using all available data and our experience in the field...

..The objective of this study was to use a new assay for the detection of acetaminophen cysteine protein adducts in children with acute liver failure to determine the role of acetaminophen toxicity in acute liver failure of unknown cause...

..We conclude that an aggressive combined surgical and radiologic approach can avoid retransplantation in patients with complicated post-transplant biliary strictures...

..In conclusion, the presence of centrilobular inflammation, necrosis, or central vein endothelialitis should prompt consideration of late cellular rejection...

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