LaRosa C, Jorge Baluarte H, Meyers KEC. Outcomes in pediatric solid‐organ
transplantation. Pediatr Transplantation 2011: 15: 128–141.© 2010 John Wiley & Sons A/S …

The most common causes of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in children are congenital,
cystic, and hereditary diseases, which combined account for 38% of incident cases. 1 The …

In young adults with onset of chronic kidney disease in childhood, cardiovascular disease is
the most common cause of death. The likely reason for increased cardiovascular disease in …

Pediatric solid-organ transplantation is an increasingly successful treatment for solid-organ
failure. With dramatic improvements in patient survival rates over the last several decades …

Renal transplantation (RTx) has become an accepted mode of therapy in infants with severe
renal failure. The major indications are structural abnormalities of the urinary tract …

Prokai A, Fekete A, Pasti K, Rusai K, Banki NF, Reusz G, Szabo AJ. The importance of
different immunosuppressive regimens in the development of posttransplant diabetes …

The development of new-onset diabetes after kidney transplantation (NODAT) is associated
with reduced graft function, increased cardiovascular morbidity and lower patient survival …

Background Myocardial dysfunction is common in chronic kidney disease (CKD) and related
to poor outcomes. New non-invasive methods to assess cardiac function have been …

Rates of incident treatment were quantified in this study for diabetes mellitus, hypertension,
and venous thromboembolism (VTE) associated with oral glucocorticoid exposure in …

More than 80% of pediatric solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients now survive into young
adulthood and many encounter transplant-related complications. Post-transplantation …