The Impact of Donor and Recipient Age: Older Lung Transplant Recipients Do Not Require Younger Lungs.

Background: Lung transplantation for patients with end-stage lung disease continues to grow worldwide. Increasing demand for this therapy generates significant waitlist mortality, indicating that alternative sources of donor lungs, such as older donors, are needed. The effect of the donor-recipient age relationship on outcomes remains unclear.

Two Decades of Lung Retransplantation: A Single-Center Experience.

Background: Lung retransplantation (ReTx) comprises an increasing share of lung transplants and recently has shown improved outcomes. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors affecting overall survival after pulmonary ReTx.

Methods: The United Network for Organ Sharing database was used to identify patients undergoing lung transplantation at our institution from 1995 to 2014.

Ureteral Stent Placement Increases the Risk for Developing BK Viremia after Kidney Transplantation.

The placement of ureteral stent (UrSt) at kidney transplantation reduces major urological complications but increases the risk for developing nephropathy from the BK virus. It is unclear whether UrSt placement increases nephropathy risk by increasing risk of precursor viral replication or by other mechanisms. We retrospectively investigated whether UrSt placement increased the risk for developing BK Viremia (BKVM) in adult and pediatric kidney transplants performed at the University of Florida between July 1, 2007, and December 31, 2010.

Efficacy of Extended Valganciclovir Prophylaxis in Preventing Cytomegalovirus Infection in Pediatric Kidney Transplantation.

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is one of the most frequent opportunistic infection in renal transplant (RTx) recipients. Valganciclovir (VGC) has been showed to be safe and highly effective in prophylaxis of CMV infection in RTx recipients. Recently, an increase in delayed onset CMV disease has been noted with some arguing that longer prophylaxis may decrease the late-onset disease.

Barriers to evaluation and wait listing for kidney transplantation.

Background And Objectives: Many factors have been shown to be associated with ESRD patient placement on the waiting list and receipt of kidney transplantation. Our study aim was to evaluate factors and assess the interplay of patient characteristics associated with progression to transplantation in a large cohort of referred patients from a single institution.

Design, Setting, Participants, & Measurements: We examined 3029 consecutive adult patients referred for transplantation from 2003 to 2008.