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  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Improving Kidney Allocation System with Higher Resolution.

    M. Cusick, J. Friedewald, K. Haarberg, J. Leventhal, A. Tambur.

    Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.

    Purpose: The new kidney allocation system (KAS) was implemented to help identify compatible donors for the most highly sensitized patients. Our experience, as well as…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Telemedicine to Reduce Readmissions Post Liver Transplant: Compliance and Feasibility Results.

    T. Kaiser,1 P. Kimmel,2 S. Osborn,2 S. Diersing,2 B. Boswell,2 J. Huff,2 J. Garrett,1 N. Anwar,1 S. Shah.1

    1Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH; 2Transplant, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH.

    Telemedicine (TM) was added to our care model as a mechanism to reduce readmissions post liver transplant (LTx). Establishing a TM home allows for remote…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Review of Aborted Hepatectomy of Liver Transplantation in a Single Center Study.

    J. Lee, G. Choi, W. Cho, J.-W. Joh, S.-K. Lee, S.-J. Kim, C. Kwon, J. Park, J. Kim.

    General Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.

    Liver transplantation (LT) has become a popular option for the treatment of endstage hepatic failure. More attention has been given to donor safety, but still…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Wound Healing Complications in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus.

    P. Ueno,1 H. Tedesco,1 A. Brigido,1 C. Felipe,1 P. Hannun,1 M. Cristelli,1 W. Aguiar,2 J. Medina-Pestana.1

    1Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim - UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil; 2Urology Division, Hospital do Rim, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

    Background: Regimens with de novo everolimus (EVR) are associated with a concentration-dependent incidence of wound healing adverse events (WHAE), but mycophenolate use also is related…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Hospital Readmissions in the First Year Post Transplant Over a 12-Year Span at a Single Center.

    C. Avila, I. James, G. Phillips, A. El-Hinnawi, A. Rajab, R. Pelletier, M. Henry, G. Bumgardner.

    The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

    There is an increased focus on hospital readmissions as a driver of health care costs and indicator of health care quality. Study Purpose: Understanding the…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Kinetics of Cytomegalovirus Load in Kidney Transplant Recipients Receiving Everolimus or Mycophenolate Sodium and No Pharmacological Prophylaxis.

    G. Basso, C. Felipe, A. Ferreira, M. Cristelli, N. Oliveira, T. Sandes-Freitas, J. Mansur, L. Viana, W. Aguiar, E. Campos, M. Gerbasi-DeLima, H. Tedesco-Silva, J. Medina-Pestana.

    Hospital do Rim, São Paulo, Brazil.

    The purpose of this analysis is to investigate the kinetics of cytomegalovirus (CMV) viral load in kidney transplant recipients receiving tacrolimus (TAC) plus everolimus (EVR)…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Hepatitis B Reactivation Among Non-Liver Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.

    A. Gonzalez, F. Forouton, A. Humar, S. Husain.

    Multi-Organ Transplant Program, Transplant Infectious Diseases, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

    IntroductionThe purpose of this study was to evaluate the incidence of post-transplant hepatitis B (HBV) reactivation in patients who have previously cleared hepatitis B surface…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    HCV, Acute Rejection, and the New Direct-Acting Antivirals in Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients.

    C. Liao, A. Massie, S. Bae, D. Segev.

    JHU, Baltimore.

    The association between hepatitis C virus (HCV) seropositivity and acute rejection (AR) in kidney transplant donors and recipients is unclear, and may have changed with…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    Type of Sensitization Does Not Impact Kidney Graft Outcome in Weakly Sensitized Patients.

    A. Morrison,1 D. Sawinski,2 M. Lim,2 M. Levine,1 M. Kamoun,3 P. Porrett.1

    1Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 2Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA; 3Pathology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

    Introduction: The impact of low level sensitization on kidney transplant (KTx) outcomes is unclear. While limited data suggest that KTx outcomes are comparable between weakly…
  • 2016 American Transplant Congress

    CD8+TCR– Facilitating Cells in Mobilized Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Are Enriched with IL-10 Producing B Cells.

    Y. Wen, E. Yolcu, Y. Huang, L. Kahn, S. Ildstad.

    Institute for Cellular Therapeutics, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY.

    We recently reported that facilitating cell (FC) enriched hematopoietic progenitor stem cell (HSPC) allografts (FCRx) induced tolerance without graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) or engraftment syndrome in…
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