Renal and Transplant Publications

The information contained in the publications page are for educational purposes and is not a substitute for a consultation with a physician.

• Transmission of Cancer with Cadaveric Donor Organs.

• Time to Abandon Nonionic Contrast?

• Survival in Renal Vascular Disease. 

• Preliminary Report on the Association of Apolipoprotein E Polymorphisms, with Postoperative Peak Serum Creatinine Concentrations in Cardiac Surgical Patients.

• Adequacy of Haemodialysis with Cuffed Central-Vein Catheters.

• Dialysis Catheter ‘Fibrin-Sheath Stripping': a cautionary tale!

• Aspergillus ‘fungus ball' within a Cadaveric Renal Transplant Graft.

• A Mutation in the TRPC6 Cation Channel Causes Familial Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

• Renal Transplantation in Adults with Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura/Haemolytic - Uraemia Syndrome.

• Linkage of a Gene Causing Familial Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Type 3 to Chromosome 1.

• A Prospective Study of Complications Associated with Cuffed, Tunnelled Haemodialysis Catheters.

• A Clustering of Epidural Abscesses in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients: Risks of Salvaging Access Catheters in Case of Infection.

• Reduced Graft Function (with or without dialysis) vs Immediate Graft Function  - A Comparison of Long - Term Renal Allograft Survival.

• Crescentic IgA Nephropathy and Acute Renal Failure in an HIV - Positive Patient with Enteric Salmonella Infection.

• Haemodialysis Catheter Bacteriaemia: Evolving Strategies.

• Incidence and Outcomes of Staphylococcus Aureus Bacteraemia in Haemodialysis Patients.

• Clinical and Genetic Heterogeneity in Familial Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

• Spectrum of Disease in Familial Focal and Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.

• Severity of Renal Vascular Disease Predicts Mortality in Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography. 

• Effects of Fluvastatin on Acute Renal Allograft Rejection: A Randomised Multicenter Trial. 
  
• The Impact of Skin Disease Following Renal Transplantation on Quality of Life. 
  
• A Population - Based Study of Skin Cancer Incidence and Prevalence in Renal Transplant Recipents.
  
• The Role of Immunosuppression in the Pathogenesis of Basal Cell Carcinoma. 
  
• The Frequency and Significance of Thiopurine S-Methyltransferase Gene Polymorphisms in Azathioprine - Treated Renal Transplant Recipients. 

• The Impact of Donar Spontaneous Intracranial Haemorrhage vs. Other Donars on Long-term Renal Graft and Patient Survival.

• Rabbit Antithymocyte Globulin Related Decrease in Platelet Count Reduced Risk of Pediatric Renal Transplant Graft Thrombosis.

• Renal Transplantation, Immunosuppression and the Skin: An Update.  

• The Effect of Pre-Existing Ischaemic Heart Disease on renal Dysfunction in Cardiac Transplant Recipents.

• A Comparison of Long-Term Graft Survival Rates Between the First and Second Doner Kidney Transplanted - The Effect if a Longer Cold Ischaemic Time for the Second Kidney.

• Association of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase(MTHFR) Polymorphism and the Risk of Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Renal Transplant Patient.

• Incidence of Cytomegalovirus Disease in Renal Transplantation Without Antilymphocyte Induction: Is Porphylaxis Necessary?

• The Effect of Switchin g from Calcineurin Inhibitor to Sirolimus on the Incidence of Skin Cancers in Kidney Transplant Recipents.

• Successful Endovascular Treatment of a Hemodialysis Graft Pseudoaneurysm by Covered Stent and Direct Percutaneous Thrombin Injection.

• Higher Tacrolimus Trough Levels on Days 2-5 Post-Renal Transplant are associated with Reduced Rates of Acute Rejection.

• Left versus Right Deceased Donor Renal Allograft Outcome.

• The Importance of Serum Albumin and Phosphorous as Predictors of Mortality in ESRD Patients.

• Analysis of Waiting Times on Irish Renal Transplant List.

• EBV-Positive B Cell Cerebral Lymphoma 12 Years After Sex-Mismatched Kidney Transplantation: Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder or Donor-Derived Lymphoma?

• Encapsulating Peritoneal Sclerosis Experience of a Tertiary Referral Center.

• A Hybrid CFHR3-1 Gene Causes Familial C3 Glomerulopathy

• Twenty-Year Survivors of Kidney Transplantation

• Recurrence of Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis in Appropriately Immunosuppressed Renal Transplant Patients: A Discussion of Two Cases

• Renal Allograft Loss in the First Post-Operative Month: Causes and Consequences

• Immediate Re-Transplantation Following Early Kidney Transplant Thrombosis