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Top 10 new publications: May 2021

The Transplant Evidence Alert provides free access to reviews of the 10 most important new publications in organ transplantation, selected and reviewed by the Peter Morris Centre for Evidence in Transplantation (Oxford University). 

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Kidney transplantation

Every two-month belatacept maintenance therapy in kidney transplant recipients greater than one-year post-transplant: a randomized, non-inferiority trial.
Badell, I. R., et al. American Journal of Transplantation 2021 [record in progress].

Prediction of Kidney Allograft Discard Before Procurement: The Kidney Discard Risk Index.
Price, M. B., et al. Experimental & Clinical Transplantation 2021; 19(3): 204-211.

Association between medication adherence and intrapatient variability in tacrolimus concentration among stable kidney transplant recipients.
Ko, H., et al. Scientific Reports 2021; 11(1): 5397.

Association between day of the week and medication adherence among adolescent and young adult kidney transplant recipients.
Boucquemont, J., et al. American Journal of Transplantation 2020; 20(1): 274-281.

Range and Consistency of Infection Outcomes Reported in Trials Conducted in Kidney Transplant Recipients: a Systematic Review.
Chan, S., et al. Transplantation 2021 [record in progress].
 

Liver Transplantation

Refitting the Model for End-stage Liver Disease for the Eurotransplant region.
Goudsmit, B. F. J., et al. Hepatology 2020 [record in progress].

Clinical study of argatroban for preventing vascular thrombosis in the early period after pediatric living-related donor liver transplantation.
Na, L. and H. Jindong. Pediatric Transplantation 2020; 24(2): e13654.

Hypothermic Machine Perfusion in Liver Transplantation - A Randomized Trial.
van Rijn, R., et al. New England Journal of Medicine 2021 [record in progress].

 

Heart Transplantation

Intravenous iron supplement for iron deficiency in cardiac transplant recipients (IronIC): A randomized clinical trial.
Brautaset Englund, K. V., et al. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 2021 [record in progress].

 

Various organs

Cardiac surgery outcomes in patients with antecedent kidney, liver, and pancreas transplantation: a meta-analysis.
Bacusca, A. E., et al. Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine 2020; 21(4): 589-599.

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