{"title":"Management of Steatosis in Living Donors: Where Do We Stand?","authors":"Abhideep Chaudhary, Anish Gupta, Imtiakum Jamir, Niteen Kumar, Gaurav Sood","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2402210","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2402210","url":null,"abstract":"With the progressive rise in rates of liver transplantation, stagnant donor pool, and social factors, living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) forms the majority of liver transplantations performed in Asian countries. As the global prevalence of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is increasing, around 17-25% of all the prospective donors turn out to be steatotic at the time of evaluation and, as such, rejected for donor hepatectomy, thereby considerably reducing the living donor pool. Steatotic grafts are a risk factor to both the recipient (primary nonfunction, delayed graft function, and mortality) and the donor (poor regeneration, higher blood loss, and prolonged hospital stay). Weight reduction and dietary optimization have been known to be associated with improvement in steatosis, and multiple interventions have been used in the past to reduce steatosis in these donors and be able to convert these donors from marginal steatotic donors to normal or low-risk donors and utilize these grafts. Most of these studies indicated the efficacy of these optimization protocols. They suggested similar outcomes in these previously steatotic donors compared to donors without steatosis at baseline, but these optimization protocols lack uniformity. This review article aims to highlight the rising prevalence of steatosis in living liver donors, assess the literature on pre-operative management options for steatosis donors, and study the efficacy, safety, and feasibility of these management options.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"690 13","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140782402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OBM transplantationPub Date : 2024-03-27DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2401209
Syed Nazeer Mahmood, Amit Mahajan
{"title":"Airway Complications after Lung Transplantation","authors":"Syed Nazeer Mahmood, Amit Mahajan","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2401209","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2401209","url":null,"abstract":"Lung transplantation in patients with end stage lung disease can improve survival and quality of life. Airway complication incidence varies between 2-33%, but the true incidence is difficult to determine due to a lack of validated classification systems. There are many risk factors for post lung transplant airway complications, the most common being anastomotic ischemia, pulmonary infections, surgical technique and allograph dysfunction. Common complications include formation of granulation tissue, anastomotic stenosis, bronchial fistulas, anastomotic dehiscence, transplant related bronchomalacia and anastomotic infections. While the incidence of airway complications post-transplantation is low, they are associated with significant morbidity. Most of the complications can be managed via bronchoscopic interventions, but do require repeated procedures and hospitalizations.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"4 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140374080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OBM transplantationPub Date : 2024-03-11DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2401208
Bruno A Lima
{"title":"Calculated Human Leucocyte Antigens Evolutionary Divergence (cHED)","authors":"Bruno A Lima","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2401208","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2401208","url":null,"abstract":"Human Leucocyte Antigens (HLA) constitute a highly polymorphic set of genes pivotal to the immune response. The HLA heterozygous advantage hypothesis assumes that heterozygous individuals at the HLA level have a wider range of peptides for T cell recognition than homozygous individuals. Consequently, they possess an enhanced capacity to trigger a targeted immune reaction. The divergent allele advantage hypothesis is an extension of heterozygous advantage, considering the excessive sequence divergence between alleles of the same HLA locus. The HLA Evolutionary Divergence (HED) score has been proposed to quantify this divergence between alleles of the same HLA locus. Presented here is the calculated HED (cHED), an open-source web application designed for the computation of HED scores about the 5 classical HLA genes (HLA-A, -B, -C, -DRB1, and -DQB1) when delineated at two-field resolution.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"26 37","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140396262","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OBM transplantationPub Date : 2024-02-20DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2401207
Onix Cantres Fonseca, S. Aryal, Christopher King, Steven Nathan
{"title":"Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction, a Review in 2023","authors":"Onix Cantres Fonseca, S. Aryal, Christopher King, Steven Nathan","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2401207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2401207","url":null,"abstract":"Chronic allograft dysfunction (CLAD) is one of the leading causes of death after lung transplantation [1]. CLAD is a progressive and irreversible decline in lung function after transplant, manifested as an obstructive, restrictive, or mixed ventilatory impairment without any identifiable etiology as infection or acute rejection. Multiple risk factors have been associated with this condition. Despite its significant effect on the mortality of transplanted patients, there is still a lack of powerfully effective therapies for patients with CLAD. Avoiding and correcting risk factors and close patient monitoring is critical in preventing disease progression. This article will discuss CLAD, the risk factors for developing the umbrella of syndromes under this term, and the current treatment alternatives and management available up to 2023.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"879 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140446268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OBM transplantationPub Date : 2024-02-04DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2401206
Sarah Willi, Ulrike Bacher, M. Kronig, M. Daskalakis, Lia Bally, Thomas Pabst
{"title":"Evaluation of Total Parenteral Nutrition in the Autologous Transplantation Setting in Patients with AML: A Retrospective Exploratory Analysis","authors":"Sarah Willi, Ulrike Bacher, M. Kronig, M. Daskalakis, Lia Bally, Thomas Pabst","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2401206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2401206","url":null,"abstract":"Malnutrition remains a clinical challenge in AML patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT), leading to physical deconditioning and prolonged hospitalization. Prospective data are mainly lacking to identify those patients who may particularly benefit from parenteral nutrition in this setting. This observational, non-randomized, retrospective, exploratory cohort study assessed the nutritional development in patients following high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with ASCT and explored their survival outcomes. The study included all consecutive AML patients who underwent HDCT with ASCT at a single academic center between January 2000 and January 2019. Patients were divided into two primary cohorts: those who received TPN following high-dose chemotherapy and ASCT and those who did not. We identified 126 patients with AML in first complete remission undergoing ASCT consolidation, including 75 patients receiving TPN after HDCT and ASCT and 51 patients without TPN. Neither group differed in gender, age, or subgroups of AML. The nutritional condition at first diagnosis and after induction chemotherapy was equal in both groups, as were median weight changes throughout the induction chemotherapy cycles. Finally, progression-free and overall survival rates were comparable in both groups. Our data suggest that the need to provide TPN for an average of 11 days following HDCT with ASCT for consolidation of first remission in AML patients does not affect the clinical outcome of these patients.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"34 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139866797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OBM transplantationPub Date : 2024-02-04DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2401206
Sarah Willi, Ulrike Bacher, M. Kronig, M. Daskalakis, Lia Bally, Thomas Pabst
{"title":"Evaluation of Total Parenteral Nutrition in the Autologous Transplantation Setting in Patients with AML: A Retrospective Exploratory Analysis","authors":"Sarah Willi, Ulrike Bacher, M. Kronig, M. Daskalakis, Lia Bally, Thomas Pabst","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2401206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2401206","url":null,"abstract":"Malnutrition remains a clinical challenge in AML patients undergoing autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT), leading to physical deconditioning and prolonged hospitalization. Prospective data are mainly lacking to identify those patients who may particularly benefit from parenteral nutrition in this setting. This observational, non-randomized, retrospective, exploratory cohort study assessed the nutritional development in patients following high-dose chemotherapy (HDCT) with ASCT and explored their survival outcomes. The study included all consecutive AML patients who underwent HDCT with ASCT at a single academic center between January 2000 and January 2019. Patients were divided into two primary cohorts: those who received TPN following high-dose chemotherapy and ASCT and those who did not. We identified 126 patients with AML in first complete remission undergoing ASCT consolidation, including 75 patients receiving TPN after HDCT and ASCT and 51 patients without TPN. Neither group differed in gender, age, or subgroups of AML. The nutritional condition at first diagnosis and after induction chemotherapy was equal in both groups, as were median weight changes throughout the induction chemotherapy cycles. Finally, progression-free and overall survival rates were comparable in both groups. Our data suggest that the need to provide TPN for an average of 11 days following HDCT with ASCT for consolidation of first remission in AML patients does not affect the clinical outcome of these patients.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139807016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OBM transplantationPub Date : 2024-01-04DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2401205
Obm Transplantation Editorial Office
{"title":"Acknowledgement to Reviewers of OBM Transplantation in 2023","authors":"Obm Transplantation Editorial Office","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2401205","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2401205","url":null,"abstract":"The editors of OBM Transplantation would like to express their sincere gratitude to the following reviewers for assessing manuscripts in 2023. We greatly appreciate the contribution of expert reviewers, which is crucial to the journal’s editorial process. We aim to recognize reviewer contributions through several mechanisms, of which the annual publication of reviewer names is one. Reviewers receive a voucher entitling them to a discount on their next LIDSEN publication and can download a certificate of recognition directly from our submission system. Additionally, reviewers can sign up to the service Publons (https://publons.com) to receive recognition. Of course, in these initiatives we are careful not to compromise reviewer confidentiality. Many reviewers see their work as a voluntary and often unseen part of their role as researchers. We are grateful to the time reviewers donate to our journals and the contribution they make.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"54 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139385700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OBM transplantationPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2304204
F. Peracchi, G. Travi, Marco Merli, R. Rossotti, Fulvio Crippa, Massimo Puoti
{"title":"Immune-Suppression Modulation in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients Admitted for COVID-19","authors":"F. Peracchi, G. Travi, Marco Merli, R. Rossotti, Fulvio Crippa, Massimo Puoti","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2304204","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2304204","url":null,"abstract":"SARS-CoV-2 infection has significantly impacted solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients, who are at high risk of disease and worse outcomes. Moreover, therapeutic management in this population is not precise yet. Our study aimed to evaluate the overall survival of SOT recipients and predictive factors for mortality. We also aimed to assess the impact of antiviral treatments and immunosuppressant changes on overall mortality and to evaluate the length of hospital stay of SOT compared to the general population. This is a retrospective monocenter study. We included all SOT recipients with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV2 infection admitted at Niguarda Hospital in Milan from February 2020 through January 2022. We enrolled 74 solid organ transplant recipients with a median age of 59. The overall mortality rate was 19%. Older age, male sex, diabetes, and high LDH values were associated with an increasing fatality rate. The median length of stay (LoS) was 17 days. Low white blood count and lymphocyte levels were associated with 19 days LoS. Changes in immunosuppression and SARS-CoV-2 antiviral therapies had no impact on mortality and LoS. In this study, we confirm previously described risk factors for worse outcomes. We did not observe beneficial therapies in terms of mortality rate and LoS. Seven patients received antiviral treatment. More studies are needed to assess the best therapeutical options, including immunosuppressant modulation, in SOTs.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":" 928","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138610437","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lung Donor Selection and Management: An Updated Review","authors":"Shefali Mody, Soham Nadkarni, Shreyash Vats, Akshay Kumar, Sravanthi Nandavaram, Suresh Keshavamurthy","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2304203","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2304203","url":null,"abstract":"The shortage of donor lungs for transplantation is a major challenge, resulting in longer waitlist times for patients with a higher risk of waitlist mortality. It is crucial to continue promoting awareness about organ donation through legislation, public campaigns, and health care provider education. Only a small number of cadaveric donors meet the ideal criteria for lung donation, leaving many lungs unused. Donor lung utilization can be improved by carefully considering the extended-criteria donors, actively participating in donor management, and by utilizing the modalities to assess and manage the marginal lungs after retrieval from the donor. The purpose of this article is to provide an up-to-date review of donor selection, assessment of donor lungs, and donor lung management to enhance organ recovery rates for lung transplantation.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"51 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139243541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
OBM transplantationPub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.21926/obm.transplant.2304202
Brandon Menachem, Sandrine Hanna, Deepika Kulkarni, Hakim Azfar Ali
{"title":"Acute Rejection of the Lung Allograft: Phenotypes and Management","authors":"Brandon Menachem, Sandrine Hanna, Deepika Kulkarni, Hakim Azfar Ali","doi":"10.21926/obm.transplant.2304202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.transplant.2304202","url":null,"abstract":"Treatment options for end stage lung diseases are limited to stabilizing lung failure, decreasing disease progression, and symptom management, but significant reversal of lost lung function is often not possible. For well selected patients, lung transplantation may be a viable option to improve both longevity and quality of life. Though outcomes for lung transplant recipients have improved over several decades, long term survival still lags behind that of other solid organ transplant recipients. Longevity after lung transplantation is limited by chronic lung allograft dysfunction. Numerous insults to the allograft contribute to chronic rejection, alloimmune injuries including acute T-cell mediated and antibody mediated rejection are chief among them. Therefore, monitoring for and management of acute cellular and antibody mediated rejection are of paramount importance to those caring for lung transplant recipients. We provide an up to date and comprehensive review of acute rejection affecting lung allografts and attempt to highlight pathophysiology, risk factors, clinical presentation, rejection phenotypes, management strategies, as well as related from of acute allograft injury.","PeriodicalId":92826,"journal":{"name":"OBM transplantation","volume":"87 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139252708","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}