Publications by authors named "Juliana Montagner"
Article Synopsis
- Antibody-mediated rejection is a growing concern in liver transplantation, specifically regarding donor-specific antibodies (DSAs) and their effects on graft survival, with a lack of research on pediatric populations.
- A study involving 67 pediatric liver transplant recipients identified that 28.3% had pre-transplant DSAs, while 48.4% developed them post-transplant, and rejection episodes were confirmed in 13 patients.
- The presence of post-transplant DSAs significantly increased the risk of rejection, underscoring the need to include DSA monitoring in the care of pediatric liver transplant patients.
Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyze the waiting list for kidney transplantation in our hospital according to candidate's panel reactive antibodies (cPRA) and its outcomes.
Methods: One thousand six hundred forty patients who were on the waiting list between 2015 and 2019 were included. For the analysis, hazard ratios (HR) for transplant were estimated by Fine and Gray's regression model according to panel reactivity and HR for graft loss and death after transplantation.
Introduction: BKV nephropathy (BKN) causes kidney graft loss, whose specific diagnosis is invasive and might be predicted by the early detection of active viral infection.
Objective: Determine the BKV-infection prevalence in late kidney graft dysfunction by urinary decoy cell (DC) and viral DNA detection in urine (viruria) and blood (viremia; active infection).
Methods: Kidney recipients with >1 month follow-up and creatinine >1.