2013 American Transplant Congress
Minimum Pre-Liver Transplant Creatinine as a Predictor of Post-Transplant Renal Insufficiency
Introduction: The Model for End-Stage Liver Disease score results in patients with often reversible renal insufficiency (RI) undergoing liver transplant and it is difficult to…2013 American Transplant Congress
Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Does Not Increase the Risk of Acute Rejection after Renal Transplantation, The
Nephrology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Background: Mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), is the pro-drug of mycophenolic acid (MPA), which is formed after de-esterification. Adequate exposure to MPA is associated with a decreased…2013 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors to Non-Adherence in Kidney Transplantation Patients Applying Triangulation Methodology in a Universal Access Medication Health System
Background: Brazil is the second in total number of kidney transplant (KTx) in the world, and it also the world biggest universal public health system.…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prior Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplant (SPK) Recipients with a Functioning Pancreas Allograft Have Improved Patient and Graft Survival after Kidney Retransplantation
Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Background: Many prior SPK patients present for a second kidney allograft. Prior studies have addressed the technical challenges to re-transplantation in this population, but there…2013 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Anastomosis Time and Its Effect on Delayed Graft Function and Early Outcomes in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation
Urology, Nephrology, Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Objective: Most studies have focused on the impact of factors such as donor age, gender and cold ischemic time on subsequent graft function and graft…2013 American Transplant Congress
Does Ex-Situ Atraumatic Retrograde Hepatic Artery Perfusion in Pediatric Living Donor Liver Transplantation Reduce the Incidence of Anastomotic Biliary Strictures?
Background. Using left living donor grafts, the local ischemia of the left bile duct stump has been suspected to play a crucial role in post-transplant…2013 American Transplant Congress
Intrahepatic Natural Killer Cells Highly Expressing NKp46 Inhibit Early-Phase Post-Transplant Hepatitis C Virus Replication
Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima City, Kasumi 1-2-3, Minami-ku, Japan
[Aim] The role of NK cells in pathophysiology of HCV infection was not entirely clear. Understanding the function of NK cells in HCV-infected patients may…2013 American Transplant Congress
Complement Fixing HLA Antibodies Predict Outcome in HLA Incompatible Renal Transplantation
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
HLA incompatible [HLAi] transplantation is associated with a higher incidence of antibody mediated rejection [AMR] and Transplant Glomerulopathy [TG]. In this study, we show that…2013 American Transplant Congress
Prospective, Randomized Pilot Study of B-Cell Targeted Induction Therapy in Sensitized Kidney Transplant Recipients: Final Report, A
U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; The Christ Hospital, Cincinnati
Optimal induction therapy for patients at high risk for antibody and/or cell mediated rejection has not been established. This study evaluated addition of B-cell targeting…2013 American Transplant Congress
Role of 24 Hour Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring after Pediatric Renal Transplantation
Pediatric Nephrology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Introduction: Hypertension (HTN) is an important cardiovascular risk factor influencing patient and allograft survival in renal transplantation. Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) has been found…
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