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ArticleWorld journal of transplantation2020

Anticoagulation in simultaneous pancreas kidney transplantation - On what basis?

Jeevan Prakash Gopal, Frank Jmf Dor, Jeremy S Crane, Paul E Herbert, Vassilios E Papalois, Anand Sr Muthusamy

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Article in World journal of transplantation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jeevan Prakash GopalImperial College Renal and Transplant Center, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
Frank Jmf DorImperial College Renal and Transplant Center, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
Jeremy S CraneImperial College Renal and Transplant Center, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
Paul E HerbertImperial College Renal and Transplant Center, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
Vassilios E PapaloisImperial College Renal and Transplant Center, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
Anand Sr MuthusamyImperial College Renal and Transplant Center, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, Hammersmith Hospital, London W12 0HS, United Kingdom.
Hammersmith Hospital · GBImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust · GBImperial College London · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDespite technical refinements, early pancreas graft loss due to thrombosis continues to occur. Conventional coagulation tests (CCT) do not detect hypercoagulability and hence the hypercoagulable state due to diabetes is left untreated. Thromboelastogram (TEG) is an

aimTo compare the outcomes between TEG and CCT (prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time and international normalized ratio) directed anticoagulation in simultaneous pancreas and kidney (SPK) transplant recipients.

methodsA single center retrospective analysis comparing the outcomes between TEG and CCT-directed anticoagulation in SPK recipients, who were matched for donor age and graft type (donors after brainstem death and donors after circulatory death). Anticoagulation consisted of intravenous (IV) heparin titrated up to a maximum of 500 IU/h based on CCT in conjunction with various clinical parameters or directed by TEG results. Graft loss due to thrombosis, anticoagulation related bleeding, radiological incidence of partial thrombi in the pancreas graft, thrombus resolution rate after anticoagulation dose escalation, length of the hospital stays and, 1-year pancreas and kidney graft survival between the two groups were compared.

resultsSeventeen patients who received TEG-directed anticoagulation were compared against 51 contemporaneous SPK recipients (ratio of 1: 3) who were anticoagulated based on CCT. No graft losses occurred in the TEG group, whereas 11 grafts (7 pancreases and 4 kidneys) were lost due to thrombosis in the CCT group (

conclusionTEG is a promising tool in guiding judicious use of anticoagulation with concomitant prevention of graft loss due to thrombosis, and reduces the length of hospital stay.

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AnticoagulationHypercoagulabilityPancreas transplantationThromboelastographyThrombosis

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PMID32844096
PMCPMC7416362
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