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AUTHOR
Mark Greer
Cytomegalovirus infection management in solid organ transplant recipients across European centers in the time of molecular diagnostics: An ESGICH survey
Background Scant information is available about how transplant centers are managing their use of quantitative molecular testing (QNAT) assays for active cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection monitoring in solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients. The current study was aimed at gathering information on current practices in the management of CMV infection across European centers in the era of molecular testing assays. Methods A questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey study was conducted by the European Study Group of Infections in Immunocompromised Hosts (ESGICH) of the Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID). The invitation and a weekly reminder with a personal link to …
Equally Interchangeable? How Sex and Gender Affect Transplantation
Organ transplantation as an option to overcome end-stage diseases is common in countries with advanced healthcare systems and is increasingly provided in emerging and developing countries. A review of the literature points to sex- and gender-based inequity in the field with differences reported at each step of the transplant process, including access to a transplantation waiting list, access to transplantation once waitlisted, as well as outcome after transplantation. In this review, we summarize the data regarding sex- and gender-based disparity in adult and pediatric kidney, liver, lung, heart, and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and argue that there are not only biological but al…
Evolving Risk Factors for Mortality after Lung Transplantation over the Last 10 Years: Insights from a Single-Centre Database
s S233 218 (82%) patients received pooled platelet transfusion -median (IQR) 1(1-2) U. 209 (79%) and 129 (49%) patients received fresh frozen plasma (FFP) and cryoprecipitate with a median (IQR) of 3(2-4) and 0(0-0) U respectively. Conclusion: Rate and volume of transfusion of blood products compare favourably with centres performing surgery off CPB or on ECMO. Requirement for ECMO particularly for BTT, but also PGD is associated with high transfusion requirements.