2016 American Transplant Congress
Immune Tolerance Monitoring in Renal Allograft Tolerance Induced by Transient Mixed Chimerism in Nonhuman Primates and Humans.
Center for Transplantation Science, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
Background: Successful induction of allograft tolerance in MHC-mismatched kidney transplantation has been achieved after induction of transient chimerism in both nonhuman primates (NHP) and humans.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Descriptive Epidemiology and Trends of Community Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Utilization Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients at a High Volume Transplant Center 2008 to 2014.
Infectious Diseases, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
INTRODUCTION: Solid organ transplant (SOT) recipients may benefit from community-based parenteral anti-infective therapy (CoPAT). Limited data are available. CoPAT may help reduce LOS. As a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Metabolic Recovery and Ex Vivo Simulation of Early Liver Reperfusion.
Purpose. An urgent need for more liver grafts for transplantation has prompted the use of more suboptimal organs. Particularly in these more marginal livers adequate…2016 American Transplant Congress
Genomic-Derived Markers to Identify Calcineurin Inhibitor Nephrotoxicity in Pediatric Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background:Calcineurin inhibitor nephrotoxicity (CNIT) is a well-known contributor to chronic allograft dysfunction in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs). Pediatric KTRs are particularly at risk given their…2016 American Transplant Congress
Alemtuzumab Is Safe and Effective Induction Therapy in Highly Sensitized (HS) Pediatric Patients Undergoing Transplantation.
Introduction: Studies show that alemtuzumab, a potent lymphocyte-depleting agent, is well-tolerated in pediatric renal transplantation. We report on the use of alemtuzumab induction in HS…2016 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Donor-Recipient Gender Mismatch in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the H2304 Study.
H2304 study group, Hamburg, Germany.
Purpose: Donor-recipient gender mismatch may play a role in liver transplant (LTx) outcomes. Here we present the 24-month results from the post-hoc analysis of the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Here Comes the Sun: Industry's Payments to Transplant Physicians.
Background: The Open Payments Program (OPP) was implemented to publicly disclose industry payments to physicians, enabling patients to be aware of conflicts of interests. We…2016 American Transplant Congress
Children Listed as Status 1B for Liver Transplantation Are Disenfranchised by MARS Therapy.
Acute exacerbations of chronic liver failure in the pediatric population require advanced ICU care in order to survive to transplantation (OLT). Often, the patients are…2016 American Transplant Congress
Growth of Liver Allografts in Pediatric Transplant Recipients.
Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
IntroductionThe liver's capacity to grow in response to metabolic need is well known. However, the long-term growth of liver allografts transplanted in pediatric patients has…2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of Polyoma Virus Associated Nephropathy in a Single Transplant Center Employing a Reduction of Immunosuppression at a Lower Threshold of BK Viremia.
Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
BackgroundPolyoma virus associated nephropathy (PyVAN) caused by BK virus (BKV) is a major complication occurring in 1-10% of renal transplant recipients. Screening and reduction of…
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