2017 American Transplant Congress
Very Long Term Graft Survival. Forecasts Factors.
Nephrology, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Introduction: Kidney transplantation is the best treatment for end-stage renal failure. Between 2 and 5% of transplanted grafts are lost each year and only a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Utility of a 10-Minute Functional Test as a Predictor of Kidney Transplant (KTP) Listing.
Purpose: Frailty is a measure of physiologic reserve that has been associated with poor outcomes after kidney transplant, but its use as a predictor for…2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients. A Single Center Experience.
Montefiore Medical Center Transplant Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
Background: We aimed to investigate the clinical outcomes of kidney transplant recipients 65 years and older.Methods: Between 1/2009 and 12/2014, 687 patients underwent a kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes After Cholecystectomy in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease.
INTRODUCTION: Patients awaiting kidney transplantation are at an increased risk of cholelithiasis and cholecystitis secondary to physiologic changes related to renal failure. Previous studies of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Building a Conceptual Framework of Treatment Burden After Kidney Transplant: A Qualitative Study.
Background: After kidney transplant, patients must negotiate complex medication regimens, lifestyle changes, laboratory monitoring and clinic appointments. The personal workload of healthcare and its impact…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is There a [bdquo]Weekend Effect“ in Kidney Transplantation? – A Single Center Study.
Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
The "weekend effect" describes increased adverse events and outcomes for patients hospitalized on weekends due to limited resources at hospitals and - in the context…2017 American Transplant Congress
Risk and Prognosis of Developing Procedural Complications in Renal Allograft Biopsy, Including AVF and DVT.
Kidney Surgery, Tokyo WOmen's Medical University, Shinjuku ku, Tokyo, Japan
【Background】Percutaneous and ultrasound-guided renal allograft biopsy (RAB) is a gold standard procedure to evaluate renal allograft rejection. Because RAB is a relatively invasive test, we…2017 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Concentration Ability in Kidney Transplant Patients as Predictor for CKD.
Urinary concentration is the result of a complex glomerulotubular mechanism, which culpits with the stimulation of aquaporins at the collector tubule, in response to vasopressin…2017 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplantation in Octogenarians: The Mayo Clinic Experience.
Transplant Center, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
BackgroundKidney transplantation (KTx) is the preferred renal replacement therapy in selected individuals.There is limited data on transplantation of octogenarians. The purpose of this study was…2017 American Transplant Congress
Development and Validation of PART (Pharmacotherapy Assessment in Renal Transplant Patients) Criteria to Assess Drug Related Problems in Outpatient Renal Transplant Population.
Background: Due to the complexity of their therapeutic regimen, kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at risk of experiencing adverse drug reactions. Community pharmacists interact with…
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