TRANSPLANTATION PRACTICE GUIDELINES

LIVER TRANSPLANTATION

Rejection Activity Index (RAI) for Liver Allograft Biopsy Scoring
Recommendations for Prevention and Control of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection and HCV-Related Chronic Disease

The recommendations in this report provide broader guidelines for a) preventing transmission of HCV; b) identifying, counseling, and testing persons at risk for HCV infection; and c) providing appropriate medical evaluation and management of HCV-infected persons.
SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control, 1998

A model to predict survival in patients with end-stage liver disease.
SOURCE: Kamath PS, Wiesner R, Malinchoc M, et al. Hepatology. 2001;33:473-475.

Adaptation of the Mayo primary biliary cirrhosis natural history model for application in liver transplant candidates.
SOURCE: Kim WR, Wiesner RH, Poterucha JJ, et al. Liver Transpl. 2000;6:489-494.

The relative role of the Child-Pugh Classification and the Mayo Natural History Model in the assessment of survival in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis.
SOURCE: Kim WR, Poterucha JJ, Wiesner RH, et al. Hepatology. 1999;29:1643-1648.

Application of the Mayo primary biliary cirrhosis survival model to Mayo liver transplant patients.
SOURCE: Grambsch PM, Dickson ER, Wiesner RH, Langworthy A. Mayo Clin Proc. 1989;64:699-704.

Minimal criteria for placement of adults on the liver transplant waiting list: a report of a national conference organized by the American Society of Transplant Physicians and the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.
SOURCE: Lucey MR, Brown KA, Everson GT, et al. Liver Transplant Surg. 1997;3:628-637

GUIDELINE Liver transplantation
SOURCE: Carithers RL Jr. Liver transplantation. American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. Liver Transpl 2000 Jan;6(1):122-35

RENAL TRANSPLANTATION

European Association of Urology Guidelines On Renal Transplantation

Banff '97 Codes for Kidney Allograft Lesion Scoring
Recommendations for the Outpatient Surveillance of Renal Transplant Recipients.
SOURCE: Kasiske BL, Vazquez MA, Harmon WE, et al. Recommendations for the outpatient surveillance of renal transplant recipients. American Society of Transplantation. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2000;15:S1-S86.

REFERRAL OF POTENTIAL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

Guidelines for the Referral and Management of Patients Eligible for Solid Organ Transplantation.
SOURCE: Steinman TI, Becker BN, Frost AE, et al. Guidelines for the referral and management of patients eligible for solid organ transplantation. Transplantation. 2001;71:1189-1204.

THORACIC TRANSPLANTATION: HEART, LUNG, HEART-LUNG

Suggested Guidelines for the Use of Tacrolimus in Cardiac Transplant Recipients.
SOURCE: Taylor DO, Barr ML, Meiser BM, Pham SM, Mentzer RM, Gass AL. Suggested Guidelines for the Use of Tacrolimus in Cardiac Transplant Recipients. J Heart Lung Transpl. 2001;20:734-738.

Listing criteria for cardiac transplantation: results of an American Society of Transplant Physicians - National Institutes of Health conference.
SOURCE: Miller LW. Transplantation. 1998;66:947-951.

International guidelines for the selection of lung transplant candidates. The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, the American Thoracic Society, the American Society of Transplant Physicians, the European Respiratory Society.
SOURCE: Maurer JR, Frost AE, Estenne M, Higenbottam T, Glanville AR. Transplantation. 1998;66:951-956.

TISSUE AND ORGAN DONATION

Guidelines for Preventing Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Through Transplantation of Human Tissue and Organs
SOURCE: MMWR 43(RR-8);1-17, Centers for Disease Control.

Human Tissue Intended for Transplantation; Final Rule - 7/29/97
SOURCE: Food and Drug Administration.

Guidelines for Communication Between Donor Families and Transplant Recipients Unveiled
SOURCE: National Kidney Foundation.

Consensus Statement on the Live Organ Donor.
SOURCE: The Authors for the Live Organ Donor Consensus Group. Consensus Statement on the Live Organ Donor. JAMA. 2000;284:2919-2926.

XENOTRANSPLANTATION

Guidance for Industry: Public Health Issues Posed by the Use of Nonhuman Primate Xenografts in Humans

Position paper. Report of the Xenotransplantation Advisory Committee of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
SOURCE: Cooper DKC, Keogh AM, Brink J, et al. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2000;19:1125-1165.

LIVING DONATION

UK Guidelines for Living Donor Kidney Transplantation

INTESTINAL TRANSPLANTATION

Small Intestine and Combined Liver-Small Intestine Transplantation
SOURCE: AHCPR Pub. No. 93-0067.