Improving monitoring after pancreas transplantation alone: Fine-tuning of an old technique

Clinical Transplantation

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1047-1053

  Voskuil, Michiel D ^a   Mittal, Shruti ^a,b   Sharples, Edward J ^c   Vaidya, Anil ^c   Gilbert, James ^c   Friend, Peter J ^a   Ploeg, Rutger J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NIHR OXFORD BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bladder drained; Isolated pancreas transplantation; Urinary amylase

Indexed keywords

ALEMTUZUMAB; AMYLASE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URINARY AMYLASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CREATININE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; MAINTENANCE DRUG DOSE; MALE; PANCREAS BIOPSY; PANCREAS SECRETION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBUS; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; URINE;

ADULT; AMYLASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CREATININE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY FUNCTION TESTS; MALE; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATIC DISEASES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908366839     PISSN: 09020063     EISSN: 13990012     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12416     Document Type: Article

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