Publications by authors named "Alexandre Messias"
Transplantation
December 2014
Article Synopsis
- A study in Brazil analyzed the frequency of return to work among 511 kidney transplant recipients from 2005 to 2009, finding a low return-to-work rate of 26%.
- Most recipients (83%) were receiving social security benefits, indicating significant reliance on government support post-transplant.
- Key factors associated with a higher likelihood of returning to work included being younger, receiving a graft from a living donor, and having chronic glomerulonephritis.
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Ann Transplant
December 2004
Article Synopsis
- The study examined 582 cadaver renal transplants between 1988 and 2003, focusing on expanded donor criteria (EDC) versus ideal donors (ID).
- About 25.4% of the transplants used EDC, resulting in higher rates of delayed graft function but similar acute rejection rates compared to ID.
- Patient and graft survival rates after 1 and 5 years showed no significant differences between the two donor categories.
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Clin Transpl
October 2003
Article Synopsis
- From 1977 to July 2002, Santa Casa of Porto Alegre performed 1,376 renal transplants, with increasing transplant and survival rates each year since 1987.
- One-year graft survival rates were 90% for living donors and 80% for cadaver donors, showing significant improvement from the earlier period (1977-1995) to the later period (1996-2002).
- Pediatric patients made up 15.8% of transplants, primarily from living related donors, and there was no significant survival difference between transplants from "ideal" and marginal cadaver donors despite varying risk factors.
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