2016 American Transplant Congress
Bone Allograft: An Unusual Cause of Sensitization.
We report the case of a 33 year-old female patient who started hemodialysis in 2009 because of end stage renal disease of unknown etiology. When…2016 American Transplant Congress
Evaluating Associations Between Clinical and Psychosocial Risk Factors and Adverse Post-Transplant Events in High Risk Renal Transplant Recipients.
Kidney/Pancreas Transplant, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
Kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) require a complex medical regimen in the post-transplant period that can be difficult to navigate and if not followed, significant complications…2016 American Transplant Congress
Computed Tomography Measures of Nutrition Deficits in Patients with Intestine Failure.
Surgery, Transplant Division, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN.
Introduction: Patients with intestine failure (IF) and dependence on parenteral nutrition (PN) develop severe nutrition deficits that impact on perioperative morbidity and mortality. Previous research…2016 American Transplant Congress
Heterologous Persistent and Latent Viral Infections Do Not Impact Graft Survival.
1Duke University, Durham; 2Emory University, Atlanta.
Purpose: Infection induces costimulation-resistant memory T cells with heterologous alloreactivity. Rapamycin has been shown to mitigate the effect of these cells in transplant rejection. Previous…2016 American Transplant Congress
Neonatal Tolerance to Blood Group A-Antigen in a Mouse Model of ABO-Incompatible Heart Transplantation (ABOi HTx).
Purpose: ABOi HTx can be performed safely in infants due to lack of natural anti-A/B antibodies (Ab), in contrast to adults. Following ABOi HTx, B…2016 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Humanized Mouse Model Incorporating Non-Fetal Tissue.
Surgery/Transplant Division, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI.
Pre-clinical research into allogeneic tissue transplantation therapies, as well as patient-specific regenerative medicine studies, require animal models that closely mimic the typical patient's immune response.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Attitudes Toward Living Kidney Transplantation Among Potential Transplant Candidates.
1Yale U, New Haven; 2U Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 3Northwestern U, Chicago.
Background: Prior studies have shown that transplant candidates who are minorities and less educated are less willing to talk to others about living kidney donor…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…
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