The role of continuous renal replacement therapy in the management of acute kidney injury associated with sinusoidal obstruction syndrome following hematopoietic cell transplantation
This study describes six patients who developed AKI‐associated SOS and diuretic‐resistant FO who subsequently underwent CRRT using standardized management guidelines for fluid balance post‐HCT. Retrospective chart review was done for HCT patients between September 2011 and October 2013 at a tertiary care children's hospital. Thirty‐four patients underwent MA‐HCT in the study period. Six patients had SOS complicated by diuretic‐resistant FO and underwent CRRT. Defibrotide was used in three patients. Median time on CRRT was 10.5 days. Sixty‐six percent (N = 4 of 6) of patients had full resolution of SOS symp...
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - February 1, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Rupesh Raina, Ghada A. Abusin, Prashant Vijayaraghavan, Jeffery J. Auletta, Linda Cabral, Hasan Hashem, Beth A. Vogt, Kenneth R. Cooke, Rolla F. Abu ‐Arja Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Local barriers to optimal pediatric kidney transplantation
Pediatric Transplantation, EarlyView. (Source: Pediatric Transplantation)
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research
Pediatric ABO ‐incompatible kidney transplantation: Evolving with the advancing apheresis technology: A single‐center experience
Pediatric Transplantation, EarlyView. (Source: Pediatric Transplantation)
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research
Is there an optimal organ acceptance rate for pediatric heart transplantation: “A sweet spot”?
Pediatric Transplantation, EarlyView. (Source: Pediatric Transplantation)
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research
Trends in pediatric liver transplant donors and deceased donor circumstance of death in the United States, 2002 ‐2015
Pediatric Transplantation, EarlyView. (Source: Pediatric Transplantation)
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research
Did parents have it right all along? Parents, risk, and living kidney donation: Revisiting the arguments for and against parental living donation of kidneys
Pediatric Transplantation, EarlyView. (Source: Pediatric Transplantation)
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research
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Pediatric Transplantation, Ahead of Print. (Source: Pediatric Transplantation)
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research
Is there an optimal organ acceptance rate for pediatric heart transplantation: “A sweet spot”?
Abstract
Despite a limited supply of donors, potential donor hearts are often declined for subjective concerns regarding organ quality. This analysis will investigate the relationship between donor heart AR and patient outcome at pediatric transplant centers. The UNOS database was used to identify all match runs for pediatric candidates (age < 18 years) from 2008 through March 2015 in which a heart offer was ultimately placed. Centers which received ≥10 offers/y were included (10 634 offers, 38 centers). Transplant centers were stratified based on their AR: low (<20%, n = 13), medium (20%‐40%, n = 16), or...
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Chun Soo Park, Chet R. Villa, Angela Lorts, Clifford Chin, James S. Tweddell, Farhan Zafar, David L. S. Morales Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Did parents have it right all along? Parents, risk, and living kidney donation: Revisiting the arguments for and against parental living donation of kidneys
Abstract
Historically, living kidney donation has been justified in part by our belief that living donors face minimal risks of subsequent disease. Recent research has brought that presumption into question, particularly for younger donors including parents. In light of this finding, we re‐examine many of the traditional arguments both for and against the practice of parental living kidney donation. We then propose an alternative framework in which the burden of having a child with end‐stage kidney disease can be considered as an illness experienced by the potential donor parent. We believe this allows a more straightf...
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: M. A. Freeman, A. G. Wightman Tags: COMMENTARY Source Type: research
Trends in pediatric liver transplant donors and deceased donor circumstance of death in the United States, 2002 ‐2015
Abstract
While much of the discussion regarding expanding the donor pool for pediatric liver transplantation has surrounded the use of technical variant grafts, little attention has been directed toward changes in the deceased donor population. The aim of this study was to investigate trends in the circumstance of the death of deceased donors used for pediatric liver transplantation. All pediatric liver transplant recipients transplanted between 2002 and 2015 were identified in the UNOS database and were categorized based on the donor circumstance of death. There was no significant correlation between year of transplantati...
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 30, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: Dor Yoeli, Matthew Goss, Nhu. Thao N. Galv án, Moreshwar S. Desai, Tamir A. Miloh, Abbas Rana Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Extracorporeal photopheresis as second ‐line treatment therapy in life‐threatening primary graft dysfunction following lung transplantation
Pediatric Transplantation, EarlyView. (Source: Pediatric Transplantation)
Source: Pediatric Transplantation - January 29, 2018 Category: Transplant Surgery Source Type: research
