ALLMedicine™ Organ Transplantation Center

Oct 27th, 2020 - Alloimmunity is a complex process, and the likelihood of rejection and/or development of de novo donor-specific HLA antibody (dnDSA) is influenced by a combination of recipient and donor factors. The development of more quantitative measures of im...

Oct 26th, 2020 - There has been an ongoing disparity between the number of organs available for solid organ transplantation (SOT) relative to the need. This has resulted in significant waitlist mortality, may affect transplant outcomes due to transplants being per...

Oct 25th, 2020 - The involvement of vital organs in multiple myeloma (MM) with systemic amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis can lead to acute organ failure. In this case, the fear of recurrence or progression of multiple myeloma often excludes those patients from...

Oct 25th, 2020 - Please add expansion for AL. Hematologic disease control combined with solid organ transplantation can result in long-term survival in selected patients with light chain (AL) amyloidosis and limited other organ involvement. Restoration of critical...

Oct 24th, 2020 - Tacrolimus is a key drug in kidney transplantation (KT) with a narrow therapeutic index. The association between the tacrolimus metabolism rate and KT outcomes have not been investigated in large-scale multi-center studies. The Korean Organ Transp...

Jun 6th, 2020 - Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography is a standard diagnostic and monitoring tool employed in the management of patients undergoing an entire spectrum of cardiac surgical procedures, ranging from "routine" surgical coronary revasculariz...

Mar 29th, 2018 - Despite recent advances, cytomegalovirus (CMV) infections remain one of the most common complications affecting solid organ transplant recipients, conveying higher risks of complications, graft loss, morbidity, and mortality. Research in the field...

Dec 31st, 2017 - Improved therapy has substantially increased survival of persons with cystic fibrosis (CF). But the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in adults with CF is 5-10 times greater compared to the general population, and 25-30 times greater in CF patients ...

Nov 3rd, 2015 - Long-term Outcome of Living Kidney Donation: Position Paper of the European Committee on Organ Transplantation, Council of Europe.|2015|Cozzi E,Biancone L,López-Fraga M,Nanni-Costa A, ,|standards,diagnosis,mortality,surgery,adverse effects,mortali...

Aug 14th, 2015 - Since Italian liver allocation policy was last revised (in 2012), relevant critical issues and conceptual advances have emerged, calling for significant improvements. We report the results of a national consensus conference process, promoted by th...

Oct 27th, 2020 - Alloimmunity is a complex process, and the likelihood of rejection and/or development of de novo donor-specific HLA antibody (dnDSA) is influenced by a combination of recipient and donor factors. The development of more quantitative measures of im...

Oct 26th, 2020 - There has been an ongoing disparity between the number of organs available for solid organ transplantation (SOT) relative to the need. This has resulted in significant waitlist mortality, may affect transplant outcomes due to transplants being per...

Oct 25th, 2020 - The involvement of vital organs in multiple myeloma (MM) with systemic amyloid light-chain (AL) amyloidosis can lead to acute organ failure. In this case, the fear of recurrence or progression of multiple myeloma often excludes those patients from...

Oct 25th, 2020 - Please add expansion for AL. Hematologic disease control combined with solid organ transplantation can result in long-term survival in selected patients with light chain (AL) amyloidosis and limited other organ involvement. Restoration of critical...

Oct 24th, 2020 - Tacrolimus is a key drug in kidney transplantation (KT) with a narrow therapeutic index. The association between the tacrolimus metabolism rate and KT outcomes have not been investigated in large-scale multi-center studies. The Korean Organ Transp...

Aug 26th, 2019 - From 2004 to 2014, the U.S. was twice as likely to discard potential donor kidneys than was France, with researchers suggesting the latter country had the better approach. In a head-to-head comparison, the U.S. discard rate for deceased-donor kidn...

Nov 26th, 2018 - Results Ten dermatologic interventions were identified as illustrative, to be presented alongside the risk of automobile injury and death. The LTR of automobile injury was 32%, defined as 1.

Nov 6th, 2018 - The immunosuppressive agent tacrolimus, commonly used for solid organ transplantation, may have a therapeutic role in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), particularly for lupus nephritis, European researchers reported. In a study that included 29 ...

May 1st, 2018 - Factors that appeared unlinked with PTAA included acute organ rejection, duration of posttransplantation steroidal treatment, organ type (living versus cadaveric), donor/recipient blood type and compatibility, infections besides Epstein-Barr virus.

Jan 4th, 2018 - Transplantation and Malignant Melanoma Solid organ transplantation, although lifesaving for patients with end-stage renal, liver, or heart disease, requires chronic immunosuppressive therapy that increases the risk for cancer, including lymphoma a...