Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Diseases
The risk of developing cancer after solid organ transplantation (SOT) is about 5- to 10-fold greater than that of the general population. The cumulative risk of cancer rises to more…
PEDIATRICS
Immunosuppression Armamentarium in 2010: Mechanistic and Clinical Considerations
Effective immunosuppression is the key to successful organ transplantation, with success being defined as minimal rejection risk with concomitant minimal drug toxicities. Despite the general recognition of this fact, a…
Prevention and Treatment of Infectious Complications After Solid Organ Transplantation in Children
Effective prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of infectious diseases after transplantation are key factors contributing to the success of organ transplantation. Most transplant patients experience different kinds of infections during the…
Intestine Transplantation in Children: Update 2010
This article reviews the current status of pediatric intestinal transplantation, focusing on referral and listing criteria, surgical techniques, patient management, monitoring, complications after transplant, and short- and long-term patient outcome….
Liver Transplantation in Children: Update 2010
Pediatric liver transplant recipients represent an important target population for primary care health professionals as well as transplant practitioners. With improving patient and graft survival, new concerns now face health…
Pediatric Lung Transplantation
Lung transplantation is an accepted therapy for selected pediatric patients with severe end-stage vascular or parenchymal lung disease. Collaboration between the patients’ primary care physicians, the lung transplant team, patients,…
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation
Kidney transplantation in pediatric patients has become a routinely successful procedure, with 1- and 5-year patient survival rates of 98% and 94%, and 1- and 5-year graft survival rates of…
Heart Transplantation in Children
In the last 40 years, orthotopic heart transplantation has been established as a realistic treatment strategy for infants and children with severe forms of congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy. The…
Vitamin D, Muscle Function, and Exercise Performance
Vitamin D has an important role in skeletal muscles. Previously recognized for its effects on bone, it is now known that vitamin D has a much wider spectrum of usefulness…
Medical and Orthopedic Conditions and Sports Participation
The presence of certain medical or orthopedic conditions need not preclude adolescents from being physically active and participating in sports. The benefits of continued physical activity far outweigh any concerns…
