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Transplantation and regenerative medicine: Renal transplantation

Miha Arnol and Jadranka Buturovic Ponikvar were invited by the editor-in-chief of the journal Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine (Bojan Vrtovec), as a guest editors for the focus issue dedicated to renal transplantation, after the symposium celebrating 45 years of kidney transplantation in Slovenia. The content of the issue are review and original papers on adult and pediatric kidney transplantation in Slovenia.

C.03 Guest-associated editor

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Miha Arnol - member of Eurotransplant Kidney Advisory Committee

Eurotransplant organization is mediator between donor and recipient, Eurotransplant plays a key role in the allocation and distribution of donor organs for transplantation. Kidney Advisory Committee is in one of the four Organ Committees of Eurotransplant, with Miha Arnol as the slovenian member.

D.03 Membership in foreign/international boards/committees

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45 years of chronic hemodialysis and kidney transplantation in Slovenia

In November 2015 symposium with international participation was organized at University Medical Center Ljubljana, celeberating 45 years of chronic hemodialysis and kidney transplantation in Slovenia

B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting

COBISS.SI-ID: 282189824

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Citrate anticoagulation during therapeutic plasma exchange

In doctoral thesis citrate anticoagulation during plasma exchange was studied by PhD student Manja Antonic. Both retrospective as well as prospective randomized trial was performed, comparing 4% versus 15% trisodium citrate as anticoagulant during plasma exchange. Study results have shown that the use of more concentrated citrate solution is safe and results in lower fluid load during the procedure, however no improved efficacy of plasma exchange procedure was demonstrated using more concentrated citrate as compared to less concentrated.

D.09 Tutoring for postgraduate students

COBISS.SI-ID: 282888960

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Predictors of successful treatment with low dose cyclophosphamide pulse therapy in patients with systemic antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) vasculitis

The aim of thesis was to evaluate the prognostic value of glomerular and tubular proteinuria and tubular enzymuria as early indicators of therapeutic response to induction therapy with i.v. pulse cyclophosphamide (CyC) and methylprednisolone (MP) in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA) associated glomerulonephritis. In was found that urine IgG to albumin and urine NAG to creatinine ratio are better early predictors of treatment response in patients with ANCA-associated glomerulonephritis than proteinuria or albuminuria.