2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcome on Kidney Retransplantation in Comparison with First Kidney Transplantation in Korea – Nationwide Cohort Study.
Due to the limitation of the survival of kidney allograft, increasing number of patients need to take re-transplantation (re-KT) after the first allograft failure. In…2016 American Transplant Congress
Live Related Kidney Transplant Experience in Abuja, Nigeria – First Eight Cases Ever.
Background;Renal transplantation is the treatment of choice for individuals with end stage renal disease (ESRD).Method; This is a retrospective review of eight live related renal…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Preformed Anti-HLA Antibodies in the Outcomes of Kidney Transplantation.
Background:Anti-HLA antibodies are risk factors for acute and chronic rejection and allograft loss. Its detection represents a major advance and is widely used in organ…2016 American Transplant Congress
Bone Allograft: An Unusual Cause of Sensitization.
We report the case of a 33 year-old female patient who started hemodialysis in 2009 because of end stage renal disease of unknown etiology. When…2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Posttransplant Complications Following Abo-Incompatible Kidney Transplantation.
Introduction: Many studies or registries particularly in Japan, but also in Western Europe, have shown that long-term results from ABO-incompatible (ABOi) living-kidney transplantation are as…2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Risk Factors, and Outcomes of Delayed Graft Function in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation in a Brazilian Center.
Background. A high incidence of delayed graft function (DGF), after deceased donor kidney transplantation, occurs in Brazil and the reasons for such finding have not…2016 American Transplant Congress
Differential Characteristics of Kidney Transplant Recipients According to 1-Year Chronic Kidney Disease Stage 3a and Stage 3b Graft Function.
Background: The outcomes of transplantation have been improved, but more than 50% of kidney transplantation recipients were still reported to have renal function of chronic…2016 American Transplant Congress
United States versus Australia: Is "Percentage Decline in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate" Truly a Surrogate Outcome in Graft Survival?
Purpose: A previous study conducted in Australia and New Zealand examined the utility of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline as a surrogate marker for…2016 American Transplant Congress
Association Between GFR Decline and Long Term Outcome in Renal Transplantation.
1Nephrology Department, CHU, Saint Etienne, France; 2Nephrology Department, CHU, Nimes, France.
In renal transplantation, GFR decline is strongly associated to graft failure and patient death and thus could be an interesting proxy for clinical research. GFR…2016 American Transplant Congress
Negative Impact of Anticardiolipid Antibodies on 1-Year Renal Allograft Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate: A Cohort Study.
In kidney transplant recipients, antiphospholipid positive tests without antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) were described up to 38% of patients and seem to be associated with thrombotic…
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