2016 American Transplant Congress
Watch Out for the Guy with the Low EPTS Score: Nonadherence and Kidney Allograft Failure.
Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical School, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Nonadherence is a known cause of rejection and kidney allograft failure. Our aim was to define risk factors for allograft loss related to nonadherence.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Transplant Patient Preferences and Trade-Offs for Outcomes After Transplantation.
Aim: To evaluate preferences and trade-offs patients may accept to avoid adverse outcomes of long-term immunosuppression. Background: Patient preferences in clinical decisions are increasingly relevant,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes for Kidney Allograft Recipients with Language Barriers Post-Transplantation – A Comparative Analysis.
Introduction: Patients from ethnic minorities make up an increasing number of recipients of kidney allografts in the UK. Some of these patients have language barriers…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Outcomes After Kidney Transplantation in the Setting of Chronic Opiate Use.
Purpose: To determine the impact and correlation of pre-transplant chronic opiate use with post-transplant chronic opiate use, resource utilization, and patient survival in addition to…2016 American Transplant Congress
Chemoprevention of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Renal Transplant Recipients: A Case-Controlled Analysis.
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
Organ transplant recipients are up to 200 times more likely to develop cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) than age-matched general populations. Systemic retinoids, such as…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Use of Kidney Donors Older Than 80 Years Does Not Affect Graft Survival in the Medium Term.
1Nephrology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain; 2Nephrology, Hospital de León, Leon, Spain.
INTRODUCTION:Kidney transplantation is the best option for renal replacement therapy. One of its main limitations is the organs shortage. We analyzed the results in kidney…2016 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function Is an Independent Risk Factor for Renal Allograft Rejection.
Background: Numerous risk factors for delayed graft function (DGF) after kidney transplantation (KTx) have been identified. However the effect of DGF as an independent risk…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Once-Daily and Twice-Daily Low-Dose Tacrolimus in Living Related Kidney Transplantation – Prospective Trial of Once-Daily vs. Twice-Daily Tac – 5 Years Second Report.
Department of Urology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Background; Previously, we reported a comparison of the safety and pharmacokinetics between a prolonged-release formulation of Tacrolimus (Tac-QD) and twice-daily tacrolimus (Tac-BD) in the early…2016 American Transplant Congress
Kidney Survival Outcomes in Combined Intestinal-Kidney Transplant: An Analysis of the UNOS/OPTN Database 2000-2014.
Medicine/Nephrology, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Background: Intestinal transplants (isolated/modified/multi-visceral) carry a high morbidity and mortality. Kidney outcomes after combined intestinal (IT) with kidney transplant (CIKT) remain largely uninvestigated.Methods: The UNOS…2016 American Transplant Congress
Myeloid-Derived Suppressor Cells (MDSC) Accumulate in Intestinal Transplant (IT) Patients.
[Background] IT is an efficacious treatment for chronic intestinal failure. Recent advance of immunosuppressive regimens have decreased the rejection rate and improved patient survival. The…
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