Although non-compliance in pediatric liver transplants is known to be a major cause of late graft loss and patient mortality, follow-up seems inconsistent. As liver transplant becomes a luxury because of the shortage of organs, the need to maximize…
Advances in knowledge in transplantation have improved 1-year renal allograft survival in all age groups of pediatric patients. However, the results from many studies have shown that the long-term allograft survival is least successful in adolescent…
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Nonadherence to treatment recommendations, especially when associated with transition to adult care providers, account, by some estimates, for most organ rejections and death in long-term pediatric survivors of solid organ…