2016 American Transplant Congress
Multiorgan Procurement a Learning Tool in General Surgical Resident Education.
Transplant Surgery, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
IntroductionRestricted duty hours and the growing use of minimally invasive techniques, is limiting the open surgical experience for general surgery (GS) residents. Multiorgan procurement (MP)…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluation According to Donor Source: 24-Month Results from Post-Hoc Analysis of the ELEVATE Study in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
ELEVATE study group, Leiden, Netherlands.
Background: Several studies reported that recipients receiving renal allograft from living donors have better efficacy outcomes than the deceased donor counterparts. This post-hoc analysis of…2016 American Transplant Congress
TRANSFORM: A Modern Approach to Evaluate Long-Term Outcomes of Everolimus with Reduced-Calcineurin Inhibitors in De Novo Kidney Transplant Recipients[mdash]Baseline Characteristics.
Purpose: Acute rejection and poor graft function are two major risk factors for allograft failure in kidney transplant (KTx) recipients (KTxR). Although, graft survival and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Heart and Kidney Transplants in Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support: Who Needs a Kidney?
Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, CA.
Background: Advance Heart Disease may result in cardio-renal syndrome and thereby cause renal insufficiency. These patients (pts) can be optimized with medical therapy with reversal…2016 American Transplant Congress
Assessment of Postoperative Glycemic Control in Orthotopic Heart Transplant Recipients.
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University, New York.
Hyperglycemia may occur after solid organ transplantation because of stress, immunosuppressants, and diabetes mellitus. Glycemic control has been shown to decrease morbidity and mortality in…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hospital Readmissions Following Discharge After Liver Transplantation (LT).
Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
Background:Our objective was to describe incidence and causes readmissions within 30 days of discharge following liver transplantation (LT).Methodology:Medical records of 1027 consecutive patients who underwent…2016 American Transplant Congress
Validation of the Kidney Donor Risk Index (KDRI) in the Australian and New Zealand Kidney Transplant Population.
Purpose: The kidney donor risk index (KDRI), developed by the United States Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients (SRTR), was designed to quantify donor kidney quality.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting Early Cardiac Death After Kidney Transplantation.
Medicine, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH.
Background: Early cardiac mortality is a devastating occurrence after transplantation. We sought to analyze risk factors and patient characteristics, including the estimated post transplant survival…2016 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Soluble-Klotho Levels Modestly Increase After Renal Transplantation.
Background: Klotho, a co-receptor for FGF23, is predominantly expressed in kidney and reported to have anti-oxidant and anti-fibrotic properties. Soluble-Klotho (sKl), the cleaved circulating protein,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Mortem Cannulation and NECMO Preservation for DCD Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: Herein, we present the short-term results of a controlled DCD liver transplantation program with pre-mortem cannulation and normothermic extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (NECMO) preservation.Material and…
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