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Nutrition & Dietetics
Lena Berchtold, Anja Filzer, Rita Achermann, Vasileios Devetzis, Suzan Dahdal, Marco Bonani, Aurelia Schnyder, Dela Golshayan, Patrizia Amico, Uyen Huynh-Do, Sophie de Seigneux, Spyridon Arampatzis
Summary: Hyponatremia 6 months after transplantation is not associated with mortality in kidney allograft patients, nor with rapid decline in renal function, graft loss, or mortality. The presence of hyponatremia at 6 months post-transplantation does not have negative effects in this population.
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Nutrition & Dietetics
Chun-Yu Chen, Chun-Hui Chiu, I-Wen Wu, Heng-Jung Hsu, Yih-Ting Chen, Cheng-Kai Hsu, Heng-Chih Pan, Chin-Chan Lee, Chiao-Yin Sun
Summary: This study found that serum zinc and selenium concentrations are positively associated with renal function and renal outcomes. A higher zinc concentration could independently predict better renal survival.
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Surgery
Shreepriya Mangalgi, Karan Madan, Chandan J. Das, Gagandeep Singh, Hemchandra Sati, Raj Kanwar Yadav, Immaculata Xess, Sarman Singh, Dipankar Bhowmik, Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Soumita Bagchi
Summary: Pulmonary infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in renal transplant recipients, with fungal infections, bacterial infections, and patients requiring mechanical ventilation having higher mortality rates. Infections often occur in the first year post-transplantation and beyond 5 years, with some cases requiring computed tomography imaging for diagnosis.
TRANSPLANT INTERNATIONAL
(2021)
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Sport Sciences
Raul Morales Febles, Domingo Marrero Miranda, Alejandro Jimenez Sosa, Ana Gonzalez Rinne, Coriolano Cruz Perera, Ana Elena Rodriguez-Rodriguez, Alejandra Alvarez Gonzalez, Laura Diaz Martin, Natalia Negrin Mena, Cristian Acosta Sorensen, Lourdes Perez Tamajon, Aurelio Rodriguez Hernandez, Federico Gonzalez Rinne, Aday Dorta Gonzalez, Eusebio Ledesma Perez, Alejandra Gonzalez Delgado, Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, Maria del Carmen Garcia Baute, Armando Torres Ramirez, Esteban Porrini
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the effect of exercise on reversing prediabetes in renal transplant patients in order to prevent late PTDM. The results showed that exercise can improve glucose metabolism and reverse prediabetes in these patients. Personalized exercise prescription and measures to promote adherence are necessary for the effectiveness of the exercise program.
SPORTS MEDICINE-OPEN
(2023)
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Microbiology
Daniel B. Rasmussen, Dina L. Moller, Andreas D. Knudsen, Andreas A. Rostved, Jenny D. Knudsen, Allan Rasmussen, Susanne D. Nielsen
Summary: Enterococcal infections are common in the first year post-liver transplantation, with recipients who have infections in the biliary tract, peritoneum, or surgical site at increased risk of bloodstream infection (BSI). Risk factors for enterococcal BSI include age, cold ischemia time, and previous infections.
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Immunology
Nikolina Basic-Jukic, Ivana Juric, Vesna Furic-Cunko, Lea Katalinic, Josipa Radic, Zrinka Bosnjak, Bojan Jelakovic, Zeljko Kastelan
Summary: In this study, researchers investigated the complications occurring after acute COVID-19 in renal transplant recipients. They found that only a small percentage of patients remained symptom-free during follow-up, with many experiencing clinical complications and laboratory abnormalities. Diabetes mellitus and eGFR CKD-EPI were identified as predictors for the development of post-COVID clinical complications. Despite hospitalizations and concomitant problems, most patients showed gradual improvement in their initial clinical problems within six months post-COVID-19.
IMMUNITY INFLAMMATION AND DISEASE
(2021)
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Surgery
Gonzalo P. Rodriguez-Laiz, Paola Melgar, Candido Alcazar-Lopez, Mariano Franco-Campello, Francisco Martinez-Adsuar, Jose Navarro-Martinez, Luis Gomez-Salinas, Sonia Pascual, Pau Bellot, Fernando Carnicer, Maria Rodriguez-Soler, Jose M. Palazon, Patricio Mas-Serrano, Susana Almanza-Lopez, Francisco Jaime-Sanchez, Miguel Perdiguero, Carlos de Santiago, Teresa Lozano, Javier Irurzun, Enrique Perez, Esperanza Merino, Pedro Zapater, Felix Lluis
Summary: This study assessed the effects of a comprehensive ERAS protocol in low- and medium-risk liver transplant patients. The results showed that ERAS protocol is feasible and safe for these patients, reducing the need for blood transfusion and renal replacement therapy, shortening hospital stay, and achieving survival rates consistent with reference data.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2021)
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Immunology
Pim P. P. Edomskis, Willem A. A. Dik, Cloe L. Sparreboom, Nicole M. A. Nagtzaam, Adrie van Oudenaren, Daniel P. V. Lambrichts, Yves Bayon, Noah N. N. van Dongen, Anand G. G. Menon, Eelco J. R. de Graaf, Peter Paul L. O. Coene, Johan F. F. Lange, Pieter J. M. Leenen
Summary: This study provides detailed insights into the peripheral blood leukocyte response after colorectal cancer surgery, showing that surgery induces rapid and significant redistribution of immune cells. The phenotypic alterations in monocytes suggest a mixed profile of cellular activation and deactivation.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
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Immunology
Cedric Hirzel, Lea Projer, Andrew Atkinson, Bernard Surial, Nicolas J. Mueller, Oriol Manuel, Matteo Mombelli, Christian van Delden, Hans H. Hirsch, Katia Boggian, Laura N. Walti, Daniel Sidler, Karine Hadaya, Michael Dickenmann, Thomas F. Muller, Isabelle Binet, Dela Golshayan, Uyen Huynh-Do
Summary: The burden of infections during the first year posttransplant is high but not significantly different in ABOi-KT and ABOc-KT recipients, suggesting that concerns regarding infectious complications should not affect the implementation of ABOi-KT programs.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Yura Chae, Hye Eun Yoon, Yoon Kyung Chang, Young Soo Kim, Hyung Wook Kim, Bum Soon Choi, Cheol Whee Park, Ho Cheol Song, Young Ok Kim, Eun Sil Koh, Sungjin Chung
Summary: The study compared the renal outcomes of IgMN patients with those of MCD, FSGS, or MsPGN patients, finding that IgMN patients had more mesangial proliferation and matrix expansion. However, at the last follow-up, there was no significant difference in urine protein or eGFR among all patients. Additionally, the presence of hypertension at the time of kidney biopsy predicted >= 20% decline of eGFR over two years in IgMN patients.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
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Transplantation
Yu Ho Lee, Sang Heon Song, Seung Hwan Song, Ho Sik Shin, Jaeseok Yang, Myoung Soo Kim, Hyeon Seok Hwang
Summary: MetS is common in patients with end-stage kidney disease, and kidney transplantation can alter metabolic status. The impact of metabolic changes on recipient outcomes is still unclear.
NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION
(2023)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Louise Maasdam, Reinier Timman, Monique Cadogan, Mirjam Tielen, Marleen C. van Buren, Willem Weimar, Emma K. Massey
Summary: This study investigated the influence of health literacy and self-management on complications, kidney function, and graft failure after kidney transplantation. The results showed that health literacy did not influence kidney transplant related outcomes, while higher knowledge and management of symptoms were associated with lower graft failure.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2022)
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Urology & Nephrology
Milena dos Santos Mantovani, Nyara Coelho de Carvalho, Marcos Ferreira Minicucci, Luis Gustavo Modelli de Andrade, Ricardo de Souza Cavalcante, Gabriel Berg de Almeida, Nara Aline Costa, Julhiany de Fatima da Silva, Ricardo Augusto Monteiro de Barros Almeida
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the transitions in physical frailty phenotype and its components over a period of 12 months after kidney transplantation. The results showed a significant reduction in the prevalence of frail patients after 12 months, with weight loss showing significant improvement.
JOURNAL OF NEPHROLOGY
(2022)
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Urology & Nephrology
Noppawit Aiumtrakul, Puvanant Wiputhanuphongs, Ouppatham Supasyndh, Bancha Satirapoj
Summary: A prospective cohort study in a Southeast Asian community-based population found an independent association of serum uric acid levels with impaired renal function, with higher incidence observed in males than females. Linear regression analysis showed a negative correlation between eGFR and serum uric acid levels.
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Oncology
Trine Koch, Jeanette Therming Jorgensen, Jane Christensen, Christian Dehlendorff, Laerke Priskorn, Mette K. Simonsen, Anne Katrine Duun-Henriksen, Zorana J. Andersen, Anders Juul, Elvira V. Brauner, Martha Hickey
Summary: The study found that unilateral and bilateral oophorectomy is associated with a reduced breast cancer rate in women from the general population, and this association is not modified by use of HRT, hysterectomy, BMI, or shift work.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2021)
