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The Impact of Donor Risk Index, Recipients’ and Operative Characteristics on Po...
Cardoso,Filipe S.; Bagulho,Luis; Coelho,João S.; Lamelas,Jorge; Mateus,Élia; Mendes,Milena; Glória,Helena; Ribeiro,Vasco; Mega,Raquel; Pena,AnaAbstract Background and Aims: The donor risk index (DRI) quantifies donor-related characteristics potentially associated with increased risk of early graft failure. We aimed to assess the impact of the DRI, recipient and perioperative factors on post liver transplant (LT) outcomes. Methods: This was a single-center retrospective cohort study including all adult (≥18 years) patients who underwent LT from 01/2019...
Simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation after liver transplantation: first...
Soares,Elsa; Alves,Rita Valério; Cotovio,Patrícia; Caeiro,Fernando; Aires,Inês; Bigotte,Miguel; Silva,Cecília; Pena,Ana; Bicho,Luís; Martins,AméricoSimultaneous kidney pancreas transplantation, if feasible, is the treatment of choice for the management of end-stage renal disease in patients with type 1 diabetes. This intervention can offer glycemic control and might also stabilize or even reverse some of the metabolic complications of diabetes. Chronic kidney disease has become a critical problem in orthotopic liver transplantation due to multiple risk fac...