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Latest (15) Full Text Articles (134)801 Cumulative Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Infection and Disease After Heart Transplantation in the Last Decade: Effect of Preemptive Therapy Transplantation Proceedings, November 16, 2012
802 Antithymocyte globulin induction therapy improves survival in lung transplantation for cystic fibrosis Transplant International, November 16, 2012
803 Immunosuppressive properties of a series of novel inhibitors of the monocarboxylate transporter MCT-1 Transplant International, November 16, 2012
804 Long-term Outcome of High-urgency Heart Transplant Patients With and Without Temporary Ventricular Assist Device Support Transplantation Proceedings, November 15, 2012
805 Risk Factors for Bleeding and Clinical Implications in Patients Undergoing Liver Transplantation Transplantation Proceedings, November 15, 2012
806 Correlations Between Cyclosporine Concentrations at 2 Hours Post-Dose and Trough Levels With Functional Outcomes in De Novo Lung Transplant Recipients Transplantation Proceedings, November 15, 2012
807 Correlation of Immunological Markers With Graft Vasculopathy Development in Heart Transplantation Transplantation Proceedings, November 15, 2012
808 Effect of CYP3A5, CYP3A4, and ABCB1 Genotypes as Determinants of Tacrolimus Dose and Clinical Outcomes After Heart Transplantation Transplantation Proceedings, November 15, 2012
809 Affective Status in Liver Transplant Recipients as a Function of Self-perception of General Health Transplantation Proceedings, November 15, 2012
810 Liver Transplantation Without Abdominal Drainage Transplantation Proceedings, November 15, 2012
811 Comparison of Quality of Life Between Two Clinical Conditions With Immunosuppressive Therapy: Liver Transplantation and Multiple Sclerosis Transplantation Proceedings, November 14, 2012 Clinical Article
812 Higher organ donation consent rates by relatives of potential uncontrolled donors versus potential controlled donors after death Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, November 14, 2012
813 Pulmonary position cryopreserved homograft in non-Ross patients: how to improve the results European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, November 13, 2012
814 Transaortic Valve-in-Valve Implantation After Previous Aortic Root Homograft Annals of Thoracic Surgery, November 13, 2012
815 Multivisceral Transplantation: Expanding Indications and Improving Outcomes Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery, November 12, 2012
816 MRI Prediction of Islet Yield for Autologous Transplantation After Total Pancreatectomy for Chronic Pancreatitis Digestive Diseases and Sciences, November 9, 2012
817 Sclerosing encapsulating peritonitis after living donor liver transplantation: a case successfully treated with tamoxifen: report of a case Surgery Today, November 9, 2012 Clinical Article
818 Local distribution analysis of cytotoxic molecules in liver allograft is helpful for the diagnosis of acute cellular rejection after orthotopic liver transplantation Diagnostic Pathology, November 9, 2012
819 Aortic annulus area assessment by multidetector computed tomography for predicting paravalvular regurgitation in patients undergoing balloon-expandable transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A comparison with transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography American Heart Journal, November 8, 2012
820 Evolution of Pancreas Transplantation: Long-Term Results and Perspectives From a High-Volume Center Annals of Surgery, November 8, 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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