2016 American Transplant Congress
Determinants of 1 Year Graft Loss After Pre Kidney Transplant Bariatric Surgery.
Medical Unversity of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Background: Bariatric surgery (BS) is increasingly used to manage weight pre-transplantation (Pre-Tx). However, grafts may be compromised by variable drug absorption, rejection and oxalate nephropathy.…2016 American Transplant Congress
First Bilateral Hand Transplant in a Child: Short-Term Medical Outcomes and Challenges.
Background: In July 2015, our center successfully performed the first bilateral hand transplant in a pediatric patient in the United States. The recipient was an…2016 American Transplant Congress
Sudden Increase in Allocation Score for Pediatric Liver Transplant Candidates Predicts Waitlist Mortality.
Allocation for deceased donor livers is prioritized in the U.S. by waitlist mortality, as predicted by PELD for children<12 years, and MELD for individuals>12 years.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Coping with Patient Death on Pediatric Liver Transplant Teams.
Purpose: Few studies have been conducted on how pediatric clinicians cope with patient loss, and there is sparse literature to guide resource allocation specifically among…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Heart Transplantation Across a Positive Cross-Match Is Associated with High Rates of AMR but No Difference in Short Term Graft Loss, Dysfunction and Death (CTOTC-04 study).
Sensitization is common in pediatric heart transplant (HT) candidates. Waitlist mortality is high if a prospective -ve CDC-crossmatch (XM) is required, but HT across a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Conversion from Tacrolimus to Belatacept in Pancreas Transplant Alone Recipients with Chronic Kidney Disease.
Medicine/Nephrology & Surgery/Transplant, Indiana University, Indianapolis.
Background: CNI toxicity is a well known risk factor for chronic kidney disease and ESRD in organ transplants. We report our experience in converting Pancreas…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Systematic Over View of Five Year Results of Serial Protocol Kidney Transplant Biopsies.
Surgery, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
Background: Protocol biopsies can detect sub-clinical rejection. With declining rates of clinical acute rejection, a systematic review of protocol biopsies can provide clues about other…2016 American Transplant Congress
Enhanced Recovery After Kidney Transplantation: 48 Hour Length of Stay in Living and Deceased Donor Transplant Recipients.
BACKGROUND: Enhanced recovery after kidney transplantation is a desired outcome with potential value-enhancing benefits of reduced length of stay (LOS), costs, and risk of nosocomial…2016 American Transplant Congress
Using Predictive Modeling to Manage Cardiovascular Risk and Improve Kidney Transplant Outcomes.
Objective: We aimed to improve post-kidney transplant (tx) outcomes through predictive analytics and natural language processing (NLP) integrated into the electronic health record (EHR). The…2016 American Transplant Congress
Clonal Expansion of Donor-Specific Tregs Following Combined Kidney and Bone Marrow Transplantation.
HLA-mismatched allograft tolerance was intentionally induced via combined kidney and bone marrow transplant (CKBMT) in two ITN protocols (NKDO3 and ITN036ST), but the mechanisms of…
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