Transplantation proceedings
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Review Meta Analysis
Effect of Perioperative Terlipressin on Postoperative Renal Function in Patients Who Have Undergone Living Donor Liver Transplantation: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Recent studies have shown the efficacy of terlipressin on postoperative renal function in patients who have undergone living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). ⋯ An intravenous infusion of terlipressin perioperatively for LDLT has no effect on the creatinine values postoperatively. Larger randomized controlled trials on terlipressin infusions during liver transplantation are needed.
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Health care providers encourage organ donation on a regular basis. The objective of this study was to analyze the coherence of the attitudes of health care providers toward organ donation, their willingness to receive organs and the differences among different health care practitioners and other hospital workers regarding to this ethical issue. ⋯ Among health care providers, physicians and nurses tended to be more likely to be in favor of organ donation. The majority of the participants were willing to accept an organ, and there was a statistical correlation between disposition to donation and willingness to receive an organ.
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Observational Study
Hyperleptinemia Is a Risk Factor for the Development of Central Arterial Stiffness in Kidney Transplant Patients.
Arterial stiffness could cause adverse outcomes in kidney transplant (KT) patients. Leptin has a role in influencing vascular smooth muscle that may contribute to atherosclerosis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between fasting serum leptin concentration and carotid-femoral pulse wave velocity (cfPWV) in KT patients. ⋯ Serum fasting leptin level could predict the development of central arterial stiffness of KT patients.