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In another study Wyld et al. Interestingly, mean utility in transplant patients increased from 0. The growing number of elderly transplant candidates with poorer clinical conditions than young patients, challenges solid organ transplant programs, and data on quality of life in older patients are scarce Kniepeiss et al. Despite that the quality of life in pediatric renal transplant patients is slightly lower than in the general population, and school attendance and performance is also lower, employment rates in adulthood are similar to the general population Dehennault However, in LT, young adults still have physical and psychological sequelae that affect health status two decades after transplantation Mohammad et al.

Employment rate may also reflect quality of life in transplant recipients. Social coordinated efforts should be made to reintroduce transplant patients to labor life.

Solid organ transplant programs provide excellent results in children and young adults and are increasingly challenged by the expanding proportion of elderly transplant patients. Solid organ transplant program activity has been growing in the last two decades, and is essential for developed and mature health care systems. Editors: Laurence A. Turka and Kathryn J. Additional Perspectives on Transplantation available at www.

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During the last two years we have learned that HCMV is more frequently re activated, even in healthy people, than previously expected. As many as one-third of cadaveric kidney transplant recipients suffer graft loss within five years of transplantation. Unfortunately, changes in immunotherapy have proven to be mostly ineffective in changing the prognosis for patients with established chronic allograft nephropathy. Prevention, early diagnosis, management of both comorbidity, and complications of chronic kidney disease can improve the survival of patients with transplant failure.

The success of organ transplantation depends on the use of immunosuppressive drugs to control the alloimmune response. The most frequent drugs used for kidney transplantation include a cocktail of 3 medications, including a drug that inhibits T-cell activation cyclosporin, tacrolimus, or sirolimus , an antiproliferative 6-mercaptopurine, or mycophenolic acid , and an anti-inflammatory agent corticosteroids.

Chronic organ rejection can be associated with a high mortality rate and may result in various complications, including kidney failure, liver failure, chronic pulmonary disease, pancreatic insufficiency, arteriosclerosis, and blood dyscrasias. Other complications include CMV infection and infectious diseases caused by bacterial, viral, fungal, protozoal, or mixed.

Excessive immunosuppression can cause the emergence of BK polyomavirus resulting in BK nephropathy and may account for one to ten percent of allograft failure. A late complication of renal transplantation is the recurrence of the original disease diabetic nephropathy.

The development of malignancy is a late complication of chronic organ rejection. For example, the incidence of lymphoma is approximately 40 times greater in transplant recipients than in the general population. Other tumors that may be observed include skin cancer, Kaposi sarcoma, and lymphoma due to Epstein-Barr virus activation. Patients must be compliant with immunosuppressive drugs to avoid organ rejection and improve their quality of life.

Similarly, patients must also comply with the treatment of any underlying comorbidities. An interprofessional team educates and manages the patient with chronic rejection. The team consists of primary care, medical and surgical specialists, specialty trained nurses, and pharmacists.

Since this condition is life-threatening, the health care providers should advise the patient fully about all other treatment options, psychological support, and in extreme circumstances, consideration for an organ or tissue re-transplantation. Nephrology, cardiology, and transplant nurses provide education to patients and their families, monitor patient status, and direct feedback to the team.

Pharmacists evaluate prescribed medications, check for drug-drug interactions, and participate in patient education. In this way, the team can improve outcomes. This book is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4. Turn recording back on.

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Affiliations 1 University of the West Indies. Continuing Education Activity Transplant rejection can be classified as hyperacute, acute, or chronic. Introduction Transplant rejection can be classified as hyperacute, acute, or chronic. Etiology The etiology of chronic rejection is incompletely understood. Epidemiology The overall incidence and prevalence of chronic allograft nephropathy CAN in biopsies of renal allograft tissues depends on the timing and the indication of such graft biopsies.

Histopathology The main histological finding in biopsies of rejected organs is arteriosclerosis that causes a progressive luminal narrowing of graft vessels. History and Physical Individuals presenting with chronic transplant rejection will have had a previous history of organ or tissue transplantation for example, kidney, liver, and lung for any of many chronic medical conditions.

Other signs and symptoms of organ rejection can include: Jaundice. Evaluation Various laboratory tests can be ordered to test for chronic rejection. These may include the following: Twenty-four-hour urine collection. HLA typing This will test for histocompatibility between donor and recipient. Differential Diagnosis The differential diagnosis for chronic rejection is broad but includes acute rejection, infection CMV , medication toxicity immunosuppressants , posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease, or technical problems with vascular or structural anastomotic complications.

Pertinent Studies and Ongoing Trials The FTY fingolimod is a novel immunosuppressive agent that has been investigated in the last few decades. Staging The Banff grading system is a classification of the severity of chronic renal allograft nephropathy. Prognosis As many as one-third of cadaveric kidney transplant recipients suffer graft loss within five years of transplantation. Complications The success of organ transplantation depends on the use of immunosuppressive drugs to control the alloimmune response.

Deterrence and Patient Education Patients must be compliant with immunosuppressive drugs to avoid organ rejection and improve their quality of life. Pearls and Other Issues The use of immunosuppressants in chronic rejection does not adequately prevent it. High dosages may be used without an observable therapeutic response. This suggests that chronic rejection may involve many other mechanisms rather than only immunological pathways. Until the pathophysiology and immunopathogenesis of this rejection are fully understood, it is difficult to create novel therapeutic interventions to tackle this problem.

The better the HLA matching between donor and recipient, the more successful the organ transplant will be and over a longer period.