Lillian W Gaber

..It also is indicated for a subset of nonuremic, insulin-dependent diabetics who experience extreme difficulties in maintaining proper glucose homeostasis by insulin therapy that compromises their productivity and safety...

..The purpose of this study was to determine if histological features of polyomavirus allograft nephropathy (PVAN) are associated with the clinical presentation and outcomes of PVAN...

..This patient had resolution of the renal lesion following conversion from tacrolimus to sirolimus-based immunosuppression...

..Dose adjustments were required in over half the cases and were usually due to leukopenia. Infections occurring subsequent to thymoglobulin were not uncommon and reflected the immunosuppressive burden of the patient population...

..We have discontinued recruitment of patients to the standard tacrolimus and reduced sirolimus combination and we have tightened our criteria for selection of marginal donor kidneys with our high-risk renal transplant recipients...

..The CI-free regimen is associated with better renal function at 1 year post-transplant. Long-term follow-up will aid in determining the risk and benefit ratio of these regimens...

..One patient had symptomatic CMV disease. TMG is safe and effective as induction therapy in pediatric renal transplant patients. Late graft loss remains a challenge in the pediatric patient population, particularly in adolescents...

..In the recipient, the incision should allow complete dissection of the common external and internal iliac arteries. This report provides a detail of the technique used for ipsilateral placement of double kidneys...

..CONCLUSIONS: Although follow-up is limited, our initial experience would indicate that graft loss secondary to PV interstitial nephritis is not an absolute contraindication for kidney retransplantation...

..64). In our center, with predominantly African-American children, patients with lupus nephritis presented similarly to those in other studies with predominantly Caucasian patients, and short-term renal outcomes were not different...

..Careful administration of chemotherapy and anti-viral therapy prevented further damage. This diagnosis should be considered in children who experience renal dysfunction during cancer treatment...

..Acute antibody-mediated rejection (AMR) has emerged recently as an important cause of graft failure...

..The ability to maintain islets in culture for prolonged periods is an important step toward the development of islet tissue repositories and distribution centers...

..A steady improvement in renal function subsequently was observed. Results of a repeated 24-hour urine oxalate collection performed 3 weeks later when kidney function had improved were within normal limits...

..Further studies with more patients and longer follow-up are needed to fully define the impact of HCV status on pancreas graft survival and function...

..We can conclude that solitary PTX with P-E drainage and Thymo induction may be associated with improved intermediate-term outcomes and a possible immunological advantage...

..CONCLUSION: These findings suggest that SKPT with P-E drainage and contemporary immunosuppression may result in excellent intermediate-term outcomes...

..Pancreatic enzyme activation triggers a local and systemic inflammatory response that is associated with recruitment of inflammatory cells into the pancreas and a widespread up-regulation of inflammatory markers in distant tissues...

..The purpose of our study was to characterize risk factors and outcomes associated with DGF when it occurs in recipients undergoing routine rATG induction...