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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    What Living Organ Donors See as Their Unmet Needs in the United States.

    S. Fry-Revere, M. Middelman.

    American Living Organ Donor Network, Lovettsville, VA; American Living Organ Donor Network, Lovettsville, VA.

    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.

    A. Redmann,1 J. Bucuvalas,2 R. Wood,3 C. Chin,4 C. Hart.1

    1Otolaryngology, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; 2Pediatric Liver Care Center, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; 3Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH; 4Heart Institute, Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, Cincinati, OH.

    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.

    K. Gonzalez,1 K. Curiel,1 B. Dalton,1 V. Fioravanti,1 W. Andrews,1 B. Wicklund,2 R. Hendrickson.1

    1Department of Pediatric Surgery, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO; 2Department of Hematology, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO.

    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.

    S. Gabardi, M. Pavlakis, C. Tan, J. Francis, F. Cardarelli, W. Asch, K. Bodziak, M. Chobanian, H. Gilligan, R. Gohh, S. Kung, L. Inker, S. Martin, N. Rodig, A. Rossi, A. Chandraker.

    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.

    K. Barker,1 N. Cook,1 P. Kevan,2 I. Frank.1

    1Renal Transplant Unit, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; 2Renal Unit, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

    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.

    N. Atagu, T. Nguyen, N. Phan, O. Famure, Y. Li, J. Kim.

    Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.

    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.

    K. Ladin,1 A. Daniels,1 R. Bannuru,2 M. Osani.2

    1Occupational Therapy, Tufts University, Medford, MA; 2Public Health and Community Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA; 3Division of Rheumatology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA.

    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.

    T. Sievers, J. Thompson, J. Lake.

    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.

    J. Schwartz, S. Wilson, F. Shi, N. Undre, M. Kumar.

    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.

    C. Laird,1 N. Kubicki,1 L. Burdorf,1 T. Zhang,1 X. Chang,1 G. Braileanu,1 C. Phelps,2 D. Ayares,2 A. Azimzadeh,1 R. Pierson.1

    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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