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• Bronchocentric mycosis occurring in transplant recipients

  Authors:Henry D. Tazelaar, Andrea M. Baird, Michael Mill, Margaret M. Grimes, Larry L. Schulman, and Craig R. SmithFrom:Chest (Vol. 96, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  July 19892,309 words Article Although a variety of long-term, probably immunologically induced pulmonary changes have been described in recipients of both combined heart-lung and bone marrow transplantation, pulmonary infections continue to remain...

• SUR9 Heart-lung-liver transplant for cystic fibrosis. (Surgery)

  Authors:Paul E. Wise, J. Kelly Wright, William C. Chapman, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., Robin N. Pierson, and C. Wright PinsonFrom:Southern Medical Journal (Vol. 94, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 2001338 words Brief article SUR9 HEART-LUNG-LIVER TRANSPLANT FOR CYSTIC FIBROSIS. Paul E. Wise, MD, J. Kelly Wright, MD, William C. Chapman, MD, Davis C. Drinkwater, Jr., MD, Robin N. Pierson, MD, and C. Wright Pinson, MD, MBA. Vanderbilt...

• A new life: although Paul does not need to take insulin anymore, he does need several medications

  Author:Marcia MazurFrom:Diabetes Forecast (Vol. 43, Issue 3)

  Mar. 19901,915 words Article It's not always easy to find the bright side of life. For instance, what can be the bright side when you are faced with kidney failure? For Paul Riessler, it was the decision to consider a kidney transplant. And," the...

• Transplantation of the liver and pancreas

  Authors:K R Prasad and J P A LodgeFrom:British Medical Journal (Vol. 322, Issue 7290) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 7, 20011,919 words Article The authors discuss organ transplants involving the liver and/or the pancreas. They discuss common reasons for transplantation (liver: hepatitis C, paracetamol overdose; pancreas: end stage diabetes, kidney failure),...

• Changes in endocrine control of electrolyte homeostasis and blood pressure following heart and heart-lung transplantation: a comparative study

  Authors:Paul M. Mertes, Nicole de Talance, Georges Pinelli, Jean P. Villemot, Claude Burlet, and Michel BoulangeFrom:Chest (Vol. 101, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Apr. 19924,025 words Article The purpose of this study was to compare the early postoperative effects of heart and heart-lung transplantation on the secretion of atrial natriuretic peptide (alpha-ANP), renin, aldosterone, and vasopressin. This was...

• Intrathoracic organ transplantation in the United Kingdom 1995-99: results from the UK cardiothoracic transplant audit. (Interventional Cardiology and Surgery)

  Authors:A.C. Anyanwu, C.A. Rogers, and A.J. MurdayFrom:Heart (Vol. 87, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  May 20024,251 words Article Objective: To describe the current practice and outcomes of intrathoracic transplantation in the United Kingdom. Design: Prospective observational cohort study. Setting: Multicentre study involving all nine UK...

• Selection and evaluation of recipients for heart-lung and lung transplantation

  Authors:Sara E. Marshall, Mordecai R. Kramer, Norman J. Lewiston, Vaughn A. Starnes, and James TheodoreFrom:Chest (Vol. 98, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 19904,288 words Article Heart-lung and lung transplantation is being successfully performed with increasing frequency in patients with end-stage cardiopulmonary and pulmonary disease. Transplantation must now be considered as a therapeutic...

• Status of umbilical cord blood transplantation in the year 2001

  Author:J M HowsFrom:Journal of Clinical Pathology (Vol. 54, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  June 20014,538 words Article Abstract Umbilical cord blood (UCB) transplantation is limited to small recipients because of the low haemopoietic cell dose. Children from ethnic minority groups may benefit most from cord blood transplantation....

• Prolonged reversal of diabetic state in NOD mice by xenografts of microencapsulated rat islets

  Authors:Zhao-ping Lum, Isabella T. Tai, Martin Krestow, Janet Norton, Ivan Vacek, and Anthony M. SunFrom:Diabetes (Vol. 40, Issue 11) Peer-Reviewed

  Nov. 19913,716 words Article Insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM, or type I diabetes) is an autoimmune disease characterized by progressive destruction of the insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells. The resulting inability to secrete insulin...

• A critical look at pancreas and islet transplants

  From:Clinical Diabetes (Vol. 11, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 1993707 words Article How do you respond to a patient who asks if a pancreas transplant is the answer to his or her diabetes? According to a new consensus statement released by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), the answer is usually...

• Reversal of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction After Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation in Type 1 Diabetic Uremic Patients

  Authors:PAOLO FIORINA, ENNIO LA ROCCA, ETTORE ASTORRI, GIOVANNI LUCIGNANI, CLAUDIO ROSSETTI, FERRUCCIO FAZIO, et al.From:Diabetes Care (Vol. 23, Issue 12) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 20004,088 words Brief article OBJECTIVE -- Diastolic function is frequently impaired in diabetic patients. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of glycometabolic control achieved by pancreas transplantation on left ventricular function in uremic type...

• Stem cell research. (letters)

  Authors:Glenn McGee and Arthur L. CaplanFrom:The Hastings Center Report (Vol. 31, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed

  September-October 2001995 words Article To the editor: In his essay, "The Point of a Ban: Or, How to Think About Stem Cell Research" (HCR, January-February 2001), Gilbert Meilaender examines and challenges our interpretation of the applicability of just war...

• MULTIPLE AIRWAY LEIOMYOMAS IN A HEART-LUNG TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

  Authors:Lianne G. Singer, R. L. Doyle, R.I. Whyte, G. J. Berry, and J. TheodoreFrom:Chest (Vol. 116, Issue 4) Peer-Reviewed

  Oct. 1999720 words Article Introduction: Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) associated smooth muscle proliferations have been described in individuals who are immunosuppressed by solid organ transplantation or AIDS. We report a ease of multiple airway...

• The use home spirometry in detecting acute lung rejection and infection following heart-lung transplantation

  Authors:Babatunde A. Otulana, Tim Higenbottam, Lilie Ferrari, John Scott, Gilbert Igboaka, and John WallworkFrom:Chest (Vol. 97, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 19902,258 words Article The value of home spirometry in detecting acute lung rejection and opportunistic infections was studied in 15 heart-lung transplant recipients over a six-month period. The patients measured their [FEV.sub.1] and FVC...

• Organ transplantation: a paradigm of medical progress

  Author:Leonard BaileyFrom:The Hastings Center Report (Vol. 20, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  January-February 19903,300 words Article Organ Transplantation: A Paradigm of Medical Progress Returning from Rome to Chicago recently in seat 23A of a Boeing 747 operated by British Airways I felt a magical sense of relief from the complexities of daily...

• Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation: An Overview of Indications, Complications, and Outcomes

  Authors:CHRIS E. FREISE, Shunji Narumi, Peter G. Stock, and Juliet S. MelzerFrom:The Western Journal of Medicine (Vol. 170, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19996,206 words Article Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation (SPK) has become an accepted therapy for the treatment of patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and renal failure from diabetic nephropathy. The procedure has...

• Prolonged survival after heart lung transplantation in systemic lupus erythematosus

  Authors:Robert D. Levy, Albert J. Guerraty, Magdi H. Yacoub, and Rolf LoertscherFrom:Chest (Vol. 104, Issue 6) Peer-Reviewed

  Dec. 19931,818 words Article Patients with multisystem involvement of connective tissue disorders are generally excluded from consideration for heart-lung and lung transplantation because of profound donor organ shortages. A 23-year-old woman with...

• An approach to the retrieval of thoracic organs for transplantation

  Authors:H. Lloyd-Jones, D.R. Wheeldon, J.A. Smith, C.D.O. Potter, J. Wallwork, and S.R. LargeFrom:AORN Journal (Vol. 63, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 19964,420 words Article A critical, worldwide shortage of thoracic organs exists. The donor management program at Papworth Hospital, National Health Service Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom, allows satisfactory transplantation of thoracic...

• Alterations in cholesteryl ester transfer, lipoprotein lipase, and lipoprotein composition after combined pancreas-kidney transplantation

  Authors:John D. Bagdade, Adrian U. Teuscher, Mary C. Ritter, Robert H. Eckel, and R. Paul RobertsonFrom:Diabetes (Vol. 47, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 19984,178 words Article IDDM patients treated with conventional subcutaneous insulin have an abnormal increase in cholesteryl ester transfer (CET), the proatherogenic step in reverse-cholesterol transport that results in the enrichment of the...

• Is Islet Transplantation a Realistic Therapy for the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes in the Near Future?

  Authors:R. Brian Stevens, Shinichi Matsumoto, and Christopher L. MarshFrom:Clinical Diabetes (Vol. 19, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Spring 20017,390 words Article IN BRIEF Shapiro and colleagues recently reported a 100% cure rate for type 1 diabetes with their "Edmonton protocol" for islet transplantation. This unprecedented success has caused a groundswell of enthusiasm and...