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Latest (5) Full Text Articles (134)701 Immunologic Challenges in Small Bowel Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation, December 11, 2012
702 Perioperative estimation of intracranial pressure using optic nerve sheath diameter during liver transplantation Liver Transplantation, December 11, 2012
703 Effects of immunosuppressive agents on Th17 cells involved in transplantation Clinical Transplantation, December 11, 2012
704 Adjuvant treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma after orthotopic liver transplantation: do we really need this Clinical Transplantation, December 11, 2012
705 The role of belataceptin transplantation: results and implications of clinical trials in the context of other new biological immunosuppressant agents Clinical Transplantation, December 11, 2012
706 Intentional ABO-incompatible heart transplantation: A case report of 2 adult patients The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, December 11, 2012
707 Surgical strategies for unresectable hepatoblastomas Journal of Pediatric Surgery, December 10, 2012 Clinical Article
708 Role of Baseline Echocardiography in the Preoperative Management of Liver Transplant Candidates The American Journal of Cardiology, December 10, 2012
709 Long-term clinical outcome of biliary cast syndrome in liver transplantation recipients Liver Transplantation, December 10, 2012
710 Incidence and pattern of hemolytic anemia after minor ABO-mismatched living-donor lobar lung transplantation Surgery Today, December 10, 2012
711 Long-term follow-up of lung and heart transplant recipients with pre-transplant malignancies The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, December 7, 2012
712 Use of paclitaxel-eluting balloons for endotherapy of anastomotic strictures following liver transplantation Endoscopy, December 7, 2012
713 Case Report: Eculizumab Rescue of Severe Accelerated Antibody-Mediated Rejection After ABO-Incompatible Kidney Transplant Transplantation Proceedings, December 7, 2012
714 Ethical Issues in Organ Transplantation Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases , December 7, 2012
715 Cutaneous Vasculitis After Renal Transplantation: A Case Report Transplantation Proceedings, December 6, 2012
716 Impact of immunosenescence on transplant outcome Transplant International, December 6, 2012
717 Temporary intraoperative porto-caval shunt: useless or beneficial in piggy back liver transplantation Transplant International, December 6, 2012
718 Local access to subspecialty care influences the chance of receiving a liver transplant Liver Transplantation, December 6, 2012
719 Liver Transplantation for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Using Extended Criteria Donor Grafts Transplantation Proceedings, December 5, 2012
720 Multislice computed tomography to rule out coronary allograft vasculopathy in heart transplant patients The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, December 5, 2012
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Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain
As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.
Read the article summaryNT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery
As published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.
Read the article summaryIncreased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors
As published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.
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Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Liver Transplantation for Nonresectable Liver Metastases From Colorectal Cancer Annals of Surgery, April 15, 2013
2 The Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: A Novel Target for Immunomodulation in Organ Transplantation Transplantation, April 24, 2013 Review Article
3 Biliary cast syndrome post liver transplantation: Risk factors and outcome Liver International, April 2, 2013 Review Article
4 Cumulative incidence of cancer after solid organ transplantation Cancer, April 12, 2013 Review Article
5 Low Rates of Short- and Long-term Graft Loss After Kidney-Pancreas Transplant From a Single Center Low Graft Loss Rates in Kidney-Pancreas Transplant JAMA Surgery, April 18, 2013
6 Efficacy, Outcomes, and Cost-Effectiveness of Desensitization Using IVIG and Rituximab Transplantation, April 5, 2013
7 Replacement of Infected Aortic Prosthetic Graft with Aortic Homograft after Heart Transplantation: 13-Year Follow-Up Journal of Cardiac Surgery, April 4, 2013
8 Prevention of De Novo Hepatitis B in Recipients of Core Antibody-Positive Livers With Lamivudine and Other Nucleos(t)ides: A 12-Year Experience Transplantation, April 10, 2013
9 Management of the Brain-Dead Organ Donor: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Transplantation, April 3, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine Review Article
10 Prospective multi-center clinical trial of immunosuppressive drug withdrawal in stable adult liver transplant recipients Hepatology, April 4, 2013
11 Echocardiography for detection of portopulmonary hypertension in liver transplantation candidates: Analysis of cutoff values Liver Transplantation, April 15, 2013
12 Impact of Sarcopenia on Survival in Patients Undergoing Living Donor Liver Transplantation American Journal of Transplantation, April 23, 2013 Review Article
13 Use of High-Dose Ganciclovir for the Treatment of Cytomegalovirus Replication in Solid Organ Transplant Patients With Ganciclovir Resistance-Inducing Mutations Transplantation, April 18, 2013
14 De Novo Donor-Specific HLA Antibodies Decrease Patient and Graft Survival in Liver Transplant Recipients American Journal of Transplantation, April 4, 2013 Review Article
15 Clinical predictors of post liver transplant new onset heart failure Liver Transplantation, April 4, 2013
16 Ethical considerations in live donor transplantation: should complications be tolerated? Current Opinion in Organ Transplantation, April 4, 2013 Review Article
17 Long-term follow-up of endoscopic therapy in stenosis of the bilio-biliary anastomosis associated with orthotopic liver transplantation Liver Transplantation, April 16, 2013
18 Transplant ureteric stenosis complicating laparoscopic recurrent inguinal hernia repair Hernia, April 11, 2013
19 Interpreting Tacrolimus Concentrations During Pregnancy and Postpartum Transplantation, April 10, 2013 Review Article
20 Unrecognized intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: an analysis of 993 adult cirrhotic liver explants Clinical Transplantation, March 18, 2013
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