2016 American Transplant Congress
Psychiatric Characteristics of Acute Liver Failure Patients: Acetaminophen Overdose versus Other Etiologies.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
Scant research exists on the psychiatric history of patients with acute liver failure (ALF) presenting for liver transplantation. This study compared psychiatric profiles of patients…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of the National Overdose Death Epidemic on the Deceased-Donor Pool.
Beginning in 2010, there was a dramatic increase in heroin and other opioid overdose(OD) deaths in several regions across the country, primarily among young Caucasians.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact on Wound Healing Events After Early Conversion to Everolimus in De Novo Renal Transplant Recipients: 24-Month Results from the Randomized ELEVATE Study.
BackgroundWound healing events (WHE) are probably the most common type of post-transplant (Tx) surgical complication. Due to its antiproliferative properties, mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitors…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Weighted Approach to Composite Efficacy Analysis in Kidney Transplantation.
The US92 study determined whether, in de novo renal transplant patients, concentration-controlled everolimus (EVR) with reduced dose tacrolimus (RTAC) is non-inferior to CellCept® (mycophenolate mofetil…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Donor Heart Utilization in United States.
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.
BackgroundOptimum use of donor organs can increase the reach of the transplant therapy to more patients on waitlist. The heart transplant (HTx) has remained stagnant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Anti-HLA Antibody Composition and Outcomes in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients with a Positive Cross-Match.
Purpose: Utilization of positive (+) cross-match (XM) hearts is tempting when shortages of pediatric donor hearts exist, especially for patients with high pre-transplant panel reactive…2016 American Transplant Congress
Renal Risk Index and Acute Kidney Injury in Liver Transplant Patients.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
Purpose: Renal risk index (RRI) has been validated in liver transplant (LT) to predict post-transplant ESRD. We examined the clinical utility of RRI as a…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor AKI Does Not Adversely Affect the Outcome Following DCD Kidney Transplant.
BackgroundTransplanting kidneys from donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors has been associated with good outcome, but the impact of added donor AKI on the outcome…2016 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Correlation Between Pairs of Kidneys Transplanted from the Same Donor.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Introduction: Concordance of allograft outcomes between kidneys transplanted from the same donor has previously been reported. However recipient characteristics become increasingly important after the immediate…2016 American Transplant Congress
Higher Pre-Transplant HDL Levels Are Associated with Decreased Acute Rejection Following Kidney Transplant.
Purpose: Dyslipidemia is a common comorbidity in patients on the transplant waitlist and post-transplant, and hyperlipidemia has been associated with more robust immune response, possibly…
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