2016 American Transplant Congress
What Living Organ Donors See as Their Unmet Needs in the United States.
Study PurposeTo collect data on what living organ donors themselves say they want and need to make living organ donation safer and easier.MethodFor 12 months,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Airway Inflammation and Symptoms in Children Following Liver and Heart Transplantation.
Objectives: To describe the upper airway endoscopic findings of patients with stridor, stertor or sleep-disordered breathing after liver transplantation (LT) or heart transplantation (HT).Methods: Retrospective…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of Thromboelastography on Resuscitation in Pediatric Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: Thromboelastography (TEG) directs effective resuscitation in adult surgical and trauma patients. There is little data on TEG use in pediatrics. In 2011 we began…2016 American Transplant Congress
New England BK Consortium: Regional Survey of BK Screening and Management Protocols in Comparison to Published Consensus Guidelines.
New England BK Consortium, Boston, MA.
Introduction: BK virus (BKV) continues to impact renal transplant recipients (RTR). The New England BK Consortium was formed to unite the leadership of 14 transplant…2016 American Transplant Congress
Subclinical Cytomegalovirus Viraemia in Renal Transplant Recipients.
Background: Studies suggest low-level cytomegalovirus (CMV) viraemia, detected with sensitive molecular assays, may lead to poorer graft outcomes following renal transplantation.Aims: Investigate the incidence, outcomes,…2016 American Transplant Congress
The Burden and Outcomes of Fractures in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: Kidney transplantation confers an increased risk for bone fractures. However, there is poor consensus on the incidence of fractures in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs),…2016 American Transplant Congress
Social Support Does Not Predict Medication Adherence Post-Transplantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Background: Although social support is used to determine eligibility, the relationship between social support and nonadherence remains unclear. We examined the predictive value of social…2016 American Transplant Congress
Limited Hepatitis B Immune Globulin Following Liver Transplant for Hepatitis B.
Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
IntroductionThe hypothesis of this study was that the long-term outcomes in liver transplant (LTx) patients with hepatitis B virus (HBV) who were treated with nucleos(t)ide…2016 American Transplant Congress
Therapeutically Equivalent Results to Caucasians in Black Kidney Transplant Recipients Using ASTAGRAF XL® Despite a Higher Degree of HLA Mismatch : A Post-Hoc Analysis of Phase III Data from Over 2000 Patients.
Astelleas Pharma Global Develepment, Northbrook, IL.
INTRO: When contemplating the use of a new immunosuppressant agent in kidney transplantation, measuring outcomes in potentially vulnerable populations is of paramount concern. As such,…2016 American Transplant Congress
Human Leukocyte Antigen-E Expression on Porcine GalTKO.hCD46 Cells Improves Ex-Vivo Xenograft Survival and Attenuates Injury.
1University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; 2Revivicor, Inc, Blacksburg, VA.
Purpose:Lung xenografts are subject to injury mechanisms associated with the sequestration of human cells, including natural killer (NK) cells. To control NK cell associated injury,…
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