2016 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Follow Up of Kidney Donors with Asymptomatic Renal Stones.
BACKGROUND:Kidney stones are often found incidentally in potential renal donors and there is a concern that they may become symptomatic and cause damage in the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hepatitis C Patients in a Multicenter Study Who Received Living Donor Liver Transplants Are Likely to Have Increased Survival.
Background: No consensus has been reached regarding comparisons of outcomes for patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who received living donor liver transplantation (LDLT) versus…2016 American Transplant Congress
Gender Differences in Longitudinal eGFR of Living Kidney Donors in a Health Information Exchange.
Background: The trajectory of post-donation eGFR in living donors is poorly described. Our objective was to explore the association between baseline donor characteristics and post-donation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Poor HLA Matching May Reduce the Beneficial Effect of ABOi Pairs Entering the Paired and Pooled Scheme.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Paired/pooled donation (PPD) facilitates transplantation between UK donor-recipient pairs who are either HLA or blood group incompatible, in whom transplantation is either contraindicated or…2016 American Transplant Congress
Young, Caucasian, Better Educated and Less Socially Deprived Patients Are More Likely to Be Transplanted with a Living Donor Kidney in the UK.
IntroductionLiving donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) has significant benefits over deceased donor kidney transplantation (DDKT) in terms of improved survival and timely access to transplant. There…2016 American Transplant Congress
Reduced Incidence of Rejection in AB0-incompatible Kidney Transplantation – Five Year Follow-Up in a Single Center.
Nephrology and Hypertension, Universitaet Erlangen-Nuernberg, Erlangen, Germany.
Introduction:Living kidney donation is the method of choice to expand the donor pool in times of severe organ shortage. In many centers, AB0-incompatible kidney transplantation…2016 American Transplant Congress
Gender Bias and Kidney Transplantation in Nepal.
1JHU, Baltimore; 2BPKIHS, Dharan, Nepal; 3Human Organ Transplant Center, Bhaktapur, Nepal.
Gender bias in live kidney donation (LKD) is well documented globally but is particularly extreme in Nepal, where 84% of recipients, but only 25% of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Living Donor Rates Vary Greatly Among Organ Procurement Organizations in the United States.
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Introduction: Living donor kidney transplant remains the optimal renal replacement therapy in ESRD. Despite known benefits of living donation (LD), rates vary significantly among organ…2016 American Transplant Congress
Landscape of Hypertension Treatment in Former Kidney Donors.
The aim of this analysis is to describe the general epidemiological features for the development of hypertension and the most frequent medical therapies prescribed in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Donor Nephrectomy (DN) in the Obese.
PURPOSE: In an effort to address the critical organ shortage and rising obesity rates, the criteria for live kidney donation (LKD) have been expanded to…
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