2017 American Transplant Congress
It's Never too Early to Test: Frequent Anti-A2 Titer Monitoring in Blood Group B Patients is Necessary.
Medstar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Washington, DC
Introduction:With the implementation of the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS), deceased donor transplants from blood group A2 donors can now be implanted into blood group…2017 American Transplant Congress
Manning the Gap: Using Technology to Reduce Barriers in Access to Renal Transplantation Waiting List Across Dialysis Facilities.
Background:Pervasive disparities in access to kidney transplantation persist despite decades of recognition and efforts to improve equity in transplant access. Using technology to reduce the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Multiple Donations from a Living Donor in the US.
1JHU, Baltimore; 2SLU, St. Louis
Guidelines for uncommon forms of living donation, such as multiple donations from the same person, are lacking. To inform future practice standards, we examined the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Barriers and Experiences When Patients Decide on a Kidney Transplant Center.
Choosing a transplant center is one decision in a long pre-transplant process facing many patients. Qualitative studies have previously been used to better understand the…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel KPD Mechanism to Increase Transplants When Some Candidates Have Multiple Willing Donors.
1Carnegie Mellon U, Pittsburgh; 2U of Maryland, College Park; 3UNOS, Richmond; 4Yale U, New Haven
Purpose: Current kidney exchanges such as the OPTN Kidney Paired Donation (KPD) program allow candidates to list multiple willing donors, but only one will donate…2017 American Transplant Congress
Prioritization for Kidney Transplant Due to Medical Urgency: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes After Transplantation.
Background: Kidney allocation in Brazil is mainly based on HLA compatibility. However, since 2002, patients who are no longer effectively dialyzed because hemodialysis (HD) and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Obesity Is Associated with Increased Risk of ESRD Among Living Kidney Donors.
Background: Living kidney donor (LKD) demographics have changed, and transplant centers have relaxed selection criteria to include LKDs who are obese. Prior studies of LKDs…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Donor-Recipient Relationship on Development of CKD.
Two studies have reported a small increase of ESRD in LDs compared to healthy matched controls. However, the majority of ESRD has been in relatives…2016 American Transplant Congress
Short-Term Post-Donation Renal Function in Living Kidney Donors.
Previous single-center studies of post-donation estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in living kidney donors were limited by small sample size and lack of generalizability. The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence and Renal Consequences of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Kidney Donors.
Diabetes Mellitus (DM) continues to be the most common cause of kidney disease. The incidence of DM following kidney donation is unknown. Moreover, whether its…
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