PurposeInduction immunosuppression in heart transplant (OHTX) recipients varies greatly by center. Roughly 50% receive induction and no regimen has been shown to improve survival. Basiliximab (BAS) is an IL-2 receptor antagonist used as OHTX. The objective of this retrospective study was compare rejection, infection, mortality within the first-year following patients who received BAS or steroid...

A substantial portion of future medical practice will depend greatly on improved collaboration between the providers throughout the healthcare sector, and effective sharing of data and expertise by different healthcare professionals. In organ transplant it is a rule, donor organs are matched to recipients via national or multinational organ-sharing organizations. Only through close co-operation...

OBJECTIVES The Shiraz Organ Transplant Center, the largest transplant center in Iran, has expanded its program of organ transplant during recent years. This article seeks to summarize organ transplantation over the last 2 decades and evaluate its status as of 2011. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the clinical records of all organ transplants performed in our center in 2011. ...

Organ transplant constitutes one of the most encouraging advances in the history of the medicine. The organ transplants that were a distant challenge in the seventies currently are a routine procedure in the medical practice that has contributed to extending survival and quality of life in the general population. Spain has reached the highest rate for donation and transplants per one million in...

BACKGROUND Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is the standard airway access in critically ill patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation. However, the literature lacks reports about the effectiveness and safety of this procedure in thoracic organ transplant recipients, who have increased risks of bleeding and infection. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed the records of s...

Organ replacement has been prevalent in the mythology of medicine and surgery for several hundred years. An Indian legend from the 12th century BC recounts the powers of the Hindu god, Shiva, who transplanted the head of an elephant to his child, Lord Ganesha, the god of wisdom and health (84). One of the major medical and scientific accomplishments in the latter half of the 20th century was th...