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Autologous Ovary Transplant in Pelvic Sarcoma: Two Case Reports and Review of Literature on Gonad Transplant
Gonad transplant is an underutilized procedure despite advances in various organ transplant and microvascular techniques in the last two decades. We...
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Panic Attacks in Transplant Recipients
This chapter reviews the challenges of evaluating panic attacks that develop after transplantation. We center our discussion around a case of a heart...
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Kidney disease in children with heart or liver transplant
Over the past few decades, there has been increasing recognition of kidney disease in children with non-kidney solid organ transplantation. The risk...
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Art of the Transplant Infectious Diseases Consult: Storytelling and Science
Purpose of ReviewThis review sets out to describe the art of the transplant infectious diseases consult for pre-transplant, peri-transplant, and...
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Carrying L’Intrus: The transport-station of an organ transplant
The experience of heart transplantation shocks not only the body, but also the sense of self. As a heart transplant survivor, I find that the...
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Adherence in Pediatric Transplant Recipients
Poor adherence to immunosuppressive medication is a major contributor to the high graft failure rates observed in young people. This chapter reviews...
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Evaluation of Candidates for Lung Transplant—A Review of Patient-Specific Risk Factors
Purpose of reviewThe purpose of this paper is to review the evaluation of patients who are potential candidates for a lung transplant. Attention is...
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Heart Transplantation: Current Status in India
End stage heart failure carries a poor prognosis with a 5-year survival of only 25%. This review article describes the progress of heart...
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Fluid Therapy in Liver Transplant
Liver transplantation (LT) is the standard surgical definite treatment for end-stage liver disease (ESLD) with different indications encompassing a...
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Frailty and solid-organ transplant candidates: a sco** review
BackgroundThere is currently no consensus as to a standardized tool for frailty measurement in any patient population. In the solid-organ...
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Novel Strategies for Optimization of the Pre-transplant Donor Lung
Purpose of ReviewWhile the number of lung transplants continues to increase, there remains an imbalance between potential lung transplant candidates...
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Deep Learning for Automated Measurement of Total Cardiac Volume for Heart Transplantation Size Matching
Total Cardiac Volume (TCV)-based size matching using Computed Tomography (CT) is a novel technique to compare donor and recipient heart size in...
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Immune Reconstitution Following Stem Cell Transplant
Immune reconstitution refers to the recovery of different immune cells post stem cell transplant (SCT). It is important for immune system to...
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Electronic Mental Health Screening in a Pediatric Heart Failure and Transplant Clinic
Adults with heart failure and transplant are at increased risk for psychiatric comorbidities. The prevalence and impact of psychiatric comorbidities...
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Oral findings in paediatric patients with severe heart, liver, and kidney failure prior to organ transplantation
PurposeOrgan transplantation is an effective treatment for children with severe heart, liver, and kidney diseases. These patient groups may have more...
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Radiologic evaluation of the kidney transplant donor and recipient
The kidney is the most common solid organ transplant globally and rates continue to climb, driven by the increasing prevalence of end stage renal...
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ECMO Bridge to Lung Transplant in Children with Idiopathic Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (IPAH) represents an important clinical indication for lung transplant (LTx) in children. Recent trends...
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Post-Transplant Cognitive Impairment
Cognitive impairment is common in solid organ transplant recipients. It is distressing to patients and their loved ones, impairs their quality of...
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Kidney Transplant and Peritoneal Dialysis
Kidney transplantation is associated with improved survival and quality of life for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Due to the shortage...