2016 American Transplant Congress
Low-Pressure Pneumoperitoneum in Living Kidney Donors: An Age-Dependent Analysis of Recipient Outcomes.
Purpose: Implementation of low-pressure laparoscopy may be facilitated by the use of valveless, recirculating trocar systems that have less intra-abdominal pressure variability, providing adequate surgical…2016 American Transplant Congress
Hydrogen Sulfide Supplementation Helps Mitigate Effects of Ischemia Reperfusion Injury in a Murine Model of Donation After Cardiac Death Renal Transplantation.
Donation after cardiac death(DCD) renal grafts experience a combination of prolonged warm and cold ischemia leading to greater ischemia reperfusion injury(IRI) that results in higher…2016 American Transplant Congress
Imminent Death Donation: Potential Effects on Organ Donation Numbers and Clinical Outcomes.
Attempts at donation after cardiac death (DCD) lead to organ transplantation only among 70% of eligible DCDs. Imminent death donation (IDD) is ante-mortem donation of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Cholangioscopy in Liver Transplant Recipients.
1Columbia University, New York; 2Cornell University, New York.
BackgroundBiliary complications in the post-liver transplant population are common and are a source of significant morbidity, which are preferably managed, if technically feasible, by endoscopic…2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence of and Risk Assessment for Adverse Cardiovascular Outcomes Following Liver Transplantation: A Systematic Review.
Purpose: Cardiovascular (CV) events remain a major source of morbidity and mortality following liver transplantation (LT). This review evaluates the incidence of and risk assessment…2016 American Transplant Congress
Incidence, Risk Factors and Treatment of Incisional Hernia After Kidney Transplantation – An Analysis of 1564 Consecutive Patients.
Purpose The objective was to evaluate the incidence and treatment of incisional hernia following kidney transplantation, and to identify potential risk factors.Methods A retrospective cohort…2016 American Transplant Congress
Early Hospital Readmisison Among Older Kideny Transplant Recipients.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
BACKGROUND: We previously established 31% of all kidney transplant (KT) recipients experience early hospital readmission (EHR). We hypothesized that rates of EHR might be higher…2016 American Transplant Congress
Patients with ESRD Due to Diabetes Have Higher Variability of Their Tacrolimus Levels and Worse Outcomes.
Imperial College Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom.
IntroductionNonadherence to immunosuppressants is associated with rejection and graft loss and nonadherence to antidiabetics is associated with poor glycaemic control leading to microvascular complications and…2016 American Transplant Congress
CMV Monitoring Reduces Risk of Clinical Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC.
Objective: Review the advantages of CMV viral load monitoring in preventing CMV associated complications in kidney transplant recipientsMethods: All individuals who underwent a kidney transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Predicting the Ability of Anti-HLA Antibodies to Activate Complement.
Purpose: The single antigen bead (SAB) assay measures binding of antibodies (Abs) to HLA in units of mean florescence intensity (MFI). Two assays measure the…
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