Examining the critical role of advanced practice providers on a multidisciplinary transplant team.

It is well documented that Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs), collectively known as Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), have a beneficial role beyond the field of primary care. APPs broad spectrum of knowledge make them particularly well suited for specializing in complex fields such as transplant. Variations in practice across transplant centers lead to questions regarding optimal use of APPs.

Invasive pneumococcal infections in pediatric liver-small bowel-pancreas transplant recipients.

Children undergoing LSBPTx are at increased risk of IPI due to splenectomy. We aimed to describe the clinical features and outcomes of IPI in pediatric LSBPTx recipients. Between 2008 and 2016, 122 LSBPTx children at our center were retrospectively reviewed.

Cidofovir in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients: University of Nebraska experience.

Background: Clinical experience with cidofovir in pediatric solid organ transplantation is limited. We assessed the effect of cidofovir use on renal function in pediatric solid organ transplant recipients.

Methods: Wilcoxon signed-rank tests were used to determine if changes in renal function were significant, Wilcoxon rank-sum tests to test the association between changes in glomerular filtration rate and potential confounding factors, and MacNemar tests to compare the proportions of patients at different time points.