2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the Kidney Allocation System with Deceased Donor Kidney Transplantation: A Single Center Experience.
University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA.
Background: In December 2014, UNOS implemented broad sweeping changes in the new Kidney Allocation System (KAS). Recent summary reports by UNOS suggest that nationally, key…2016 American Transplant Congress
BK Polyomavirus Seroreactivity of Kidney Donors Predicts Viremia and Nephropathy in Recipients.
Background Kidney transplant (KTx) donors are not implicated in predicting BK polyomavirus (BKV) infection in the recipient. For BKV-associated nephropathy (BKVAN) however, donor origin of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Acute Kidney Injury After Liver Transplantation Is Set in Motion Early After Reperfusion of the Liver Graft: A Prospective Cohort Study.
Objective: Determine creatinine changes during liver transplantation and risk factors for acute kidney injury (AKI) in a prospective cohort study (NCT01333319).Background Data: AKI, a major…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Life Expectancy by Resident Zip Code and Kidney Transplant Outcomes – What Is True Baseline Risk?
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Many factors beyond traditional clinical risk factors and demographics are associated with outcomes in the general population. These include behavioral, economic, genetic and environmental risks…2016 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes of Pediatric en Bloc Kidney (PeB) Grafts After Loss of a Single Kidney.
Division of Transplantation, Dept of Surgery, Univ of Calif Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, CA.
Background: Transplantation (Tx) of PeB kidney grafts has been shown to result in good long-term outcomes. However, the fate of PeB grafts that suffer loss…2016 American Transplant Congress
Traditionally Unacceptable Organs Promote Liver Transplantation in Patients with Long Waiting Times in the Share 35 Era.
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) remains the most commonly granted MELD exception (M/E). Share 35 has disadvantaged this population. We have developed a strategy to use traditionally…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival Benefit of Living Donor ABOi Kidney Transplantation.
A recent editorial in AJT characterized ABOi transplants as "Twice as Expensive, Half as Good" and challenged the ABOi community to evaluate survival benefit of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Relative Distribution of Livers from HCV+ Donors in the U.S.
1University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco; 2Loma Linda University, Loma Linda.
Background: HCV-antibody positive donors represent an effective strategy to increase liver availability to HCV+ recipients. However, many HCV+ liver transplant (LT) candidates are now receiving…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation of a Novel Global Immunity Assay to Predict Infections in Organ Transplant Recipients.
Multi-Organ Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada.
BackgroundSimple standardized measures of global immunity may help predict the risk of infections post-transplant. The Quantiferon-Monitor (QFM) test is a novel interferon-γ (IFN-γ) release assay…2016 American Transplant Congress
An Interventional Study Evaluating Cell Mediated Immunity to Guide Therapy for CMV Viremia.
Multi-Organ Transplant, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
BackgroundPatients treated for CMV viremia commonly relapse after discontinuation of therapy. CMV-specific CD8+ T-cell mediated immunity (CMI) is useful to predict the risk of CMV…
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