2015 American Transplant Congress
Dendritic Cells in Kidney Transplant Biopsies Are Associated With Poor Allograft Survival
Background: Long-term renal allograft survival continues to lag behind the progress seen in short-term transplant outcomes. Dendritic cells (DCs) are the most efficient antigen-presenting cells,…2015 American Transplant Congress
Non-Invasive Panel of MicroRNAs Predict Long-Term Outcomes Post-Kidney Transplantation
1Surgery and Pathology, UVA, Charlottesville, VA; 2VCU, Richmond, VA.
Background. Currently available methods for evaluating kidney graft function post-transplantation (KT) are either ineffective or inaccurate (e.g., serum creatinine) or highly invasive (e.g., biopsies). We…2015 American Transplant Congress
Decline in Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate and Subsequent Risk of Graft Failure and Mortality Among Kidney Transplant Recipients
Purpose: Graft loss and death are generally late events after kidney transplantation, and trials designed to assess the impact of interventions on these outcomes are…2015 American Transplant Congress
ABO-Incompatible Live Donor Kidney Transplants Inferior to ABO-Compatible Transplants, but Match Deceased Donor Results: Is Kidney Paired Donation the Answer?
Objective: Compare kidney allograft survival in ABO-incompatible (ABO-I) and ABO-compatible (ABO-C) live donor kidney transplant recipients.Methods: We analyzed UNOS database for patients who underwent a…2015 American Transplant Congress
Does a History of Diabetes in Deceased Donors Modify the Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients With Diabetes?
Background: The outcomes of kidneys from deceased donors with diabetes mellitus (dDM+) transplanted into recipients with DM (rDM+) have not been well studied.Methods: A cohort…2015 American Transplant Congress
Regional Efficiency in Deceased Donor Utilization for Kidney Transplantation
Background: There currently exists regional variation in the supply of deceased donors as well as the demand for kidney transplantation. This has stimulated a growing…2015 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Center Volume On Kidney Transplant Outcomes- Mate Kidney Analysis
Background- Reports of the association of center volume and outcomes in kidney transplantation (KTX) may not provide adequate adjustment for donor risk factors. This study…2015 American Transplant Congress
Disparities in Death and Delisting on the Waitlist for Renal Transplant in the United States
Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA.
Waiting time to kidney transplant varies dramatically among organ procurement organizations (OPOs) in the US. We sought to evaluate the association between death and delisting…2015 American Transplant Congress
National Outcomes of Kidney Tranplantation from Diabetic Donors: A Mate-Kidney Analysis
Utilization of diabetic donor kidneys has increased, though scarce patient and allograft survival data are available for recipients of these organs. Using United Network for…2015 American Transplant Congress
Transplantation of Neonatal En-Bloc Kidneys: Do They Grow and Are They Subject to Hyperfiltration Injury?
UC Davis Transplant Center, Sacramento, CA.
Importance:Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) kidney donation is rare but a potentially significant kidney source. Concerns with using these small kidneys include the risk for…
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