2016 American Transplant Congress
Japanese Multicenter Study of Hepatopulmonary Syndrome in Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
It is well known that hepatopulmonary syndrome (HPS) manifested with hypo-oxygenemia secondary to intra-pulmonary shunt has negative impacts on outcomes of liver transplantation in deceased…2016 American Transplant Congress
Stress Cardiomyopathy in the Perio-Perative Period After Liver Transplant.
Purpose: Stress cardiomyopathy is a pathological condition in which excess catecholamines leading to cardiac dysfunction. This phenomenon is associated with troponin elevation, EKG changes, and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Anterior Rectus Sheath Approach for Renal Transplant: An Open Minimal Incision with Decreased Wound Complications.
Preventing wound complications is an important goal in all surgery. The reduction of modifiable risk factors, like surgical approach, is an important step towards protecting…2016 American Transplant Congress
Use of Preoperative Embolization Prior to Transplant Nephrectomy.
Urology, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO.
Introduction/Objective: After a failed transplant, management of a non-functional graft with pain or recurrent infections can be challenging. Transplant nephrectomy (TN) can be a very…2016 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Fatigue After Kidney Transplantation.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
Previous research suggests that 60 to 97% of patients on dialysis experience fatigue, or a feeling of persistent tiredness or exhaustion. ESRD patients with fatigue…2016 American Transplant Congress
Characteristics of Human Rhinovirus (HRV) Infections in Transplant Recipients.
Introduction:Although HRV is a common cause of benign upper respiratory infection, there are reports of HRV resulting in lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) in HSCT…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Epidemiology of Clostridium difficile Infection in a National Kidney Transplant Center.
BackgroundKidney transplant recipients (KTRs) are at increased risk of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI). We aimed to retrospectively describe the epidemiology of CDI in a national…2016 American Transplant Congress
Significance of Preservation Fluid Cultures in Solid Organ Transplantation.
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago.
Introduction. The study aim was to determine microbiological characteristics of preservation fluid (PF) cultures in solid organ transplant (SOT) patients and to evaluate their impact…2016 American Transplant Congress
Short Term Changes in HRQOL Following Kidney Transplantation.
Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) is a patient-centered outcome that measures the impact of a disease and its treatment. This is particularly relevant to those…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk of Peritoneal Dialysis Catheter-Associated Peritonitis Following Kidney Transplant.
While peritoneal dialysis (PD) has become more common, PD catheter management at the time of kidney transplant varies widely by transplant center. We sought to…
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