Objective. To analyze the risk factors for new-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) in liver
transplant recipients using the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network/United Network for …

Results Over a median follow-up period of 23.2 (12.6–26.4) months, 66 (13.8%) patients
reached all-cause mortality or cardiovascular morbidity. The adjusted hazard ratio of the …

BACKGROUND:: Diabetes and acute rejection are major contributors to morbidity and mortality
in kidney transplant recipients. Immunosuppressive medications decrease acute rejection…

Clinical outcome of dialysis patients after eating star fruit (Averrhoa carambola ) varies, but it
may be fatal. In the past 10 years, 20 such patients were treated in our hospital when they …

The expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression and release of nitric
oxide (NO) from macrophages are markedly increased in granulomatous infections. Activation …

Background. In kidney transplant, obesity was reported to be associated with increased
posttransplant complications and worse survival outcomes. The impact of obesity in …

Results Of the 6756 SPK transplants, 8.6% were performed in recipients with a type 2 diabetes
diagnosis. Rates of delayed kidney graft function and primary kidney nonfunction were …

Results In high-risk recipients with high-risk donors there was a higher risk of rejection and
functional graft loss with IL2RA versus rATG. Among low-risk recipients with low-risk donors …

Background. An increasing number of patients 80 years and older have received a kidney
transplant in the United States, but their outcomes are not well described. Using Organ …

This study elucidates the mechanism through which heat shock treatment influences the
outcome of sepsis. Post-heat shock sepsis was induced in rats by CLP 24 h after whole-body …