BACKGROUND: Liver remnant volumes after major hepatic resection and graft volumes for
liver transplantation correlate with surgical outcome. The relative contributions of the hepatic …

Background— Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-G, a nonclassic major histocompatibility
complex class I molecule expressed in the extravillous cytotrophoblast at the feto-maternal …

The scarcity of small donors has significantly limited lung transplantation for pediatric and
small adult patients. Use of single lobes procured from size-unmatched donors has overcome …

Patients with cystic fibrosis who have end-stage respiratory failure and associated liver
cirrhosis have been considered poor candidates for lung transplantation because of high …

Purpose Voriconazole is widely used to treat invasive aspergillosis after lung transplantation.
In cystic fibrosis patients, the interindividual variability in drug disposition complicates the …

Objective: Fulminant myocarditis (FM) is uncommon and may be followed by a rapidly intractable
cardiogenic shock. We report five consecutive patients with FM successfully bridged to …

Background Laboratory testing is frequently unnecessary, particularly repetitive testing.
Among the interventions proposed to reduce unnecessary testing, Computerized Decision …

This paper aims to present our experience in the pharmacological approach of the management
of azole antifungal drugs in cystic fibrosis lung transplant patients. Cystic fibrosis (CF) …

Between June 1990 and September 1995, 8 of 24 children with cystic fibrosis (CF) who were
accepted either for combined transplantation or isolated liver transplantation died while …

We have analyzed the evolution of renal status beyond the perioperative period in patients
with cystic fibrosis (CF) undergoing lung transplantation and presented histological analysis …