2016 American Transplant Congress
Aging Is Critically Impacting the Efficacy of Immunosuppressants.
Immunosenescence is broadly affecting alloimmunity with major implications on immunosuppression. Older recipients have thus far been mostly excluded from clinical trials. Here, we dissected the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Mixed Xenogeneic Chimerism on Human B Cell Response to Pig Antigens.
Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Xenotransplantation is a potential solution to the organ shortage in clinical transplantation. Pigs are regarded as the most suitable donors. Studies in pig-to-nonhuman primates have…2016 American Transplant Congress
Non-adherence to Appointments Is a Strong Predictor of Medication Non-Adherence and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC.
Disparities in healthcare access and non-adherence are important aspects of transplantation that affect outcomes. This study aims to investigate the impact of non-adherence to laboratory…2016 American Transplant Congress
A 15-Year Retrospective Analysis of Acute Kidney Injury in Non Renal Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Incidence, Outcome and Progression Toward End Stage Chronic Kidney Disease.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication in critically ill patients admitted to Intensive Care Units, often complicated by high mortality and progression toward…2016 American Transplant Congress
Difficult to Place Livers: Implications for Expanding the Donor Pool.
1United Network for Organ Sharing, Richmond, VA; 2Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, TN.
Introduction. The primary strategic goal for the OPTN is to increase the number of transplants. To that end, we analyzed the characteristics of donors from…2016 American Transplant Congress
Donor Smoking Increases Kidney Allograft Recipient Mortality in a National Population Cohort Analysis.
Introduction: Current evidence from single-centre analyses suggest cigarette smoking in living donors is associated with worse patient but not graft survival in kidney allograft recipients.…2016 American Transplant Congress
Role of Induction Therapy in Low Immune Risk Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Nephrology and Hypertension, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA.
Induction therapy improves outcomes in kidney transplant recipients (KTRs) by reducing early acute rejection. In the current era of potent maintenance immunosuppression, the role of…2016 American Transplant Congress
Benefit of Mycophenolate Mofetile Addition to Very Low Exposure Everolimus and Calcineurine Inhibitor Based Immunosuppression in De Novo Kidney Transplantation with 2 Years Follow-Up.
Purpose: Prospective randomized study of MMF addition to everolimus (EVR) based immunosuppression in order to further reduction of EVR and CNI was evaluated in clinical…2016 American Transplant Congress
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome After Pediatric Heart Transplantation: Increased Risk for Children with Preexisting Glenn/Fontan Physiology.
Study aim:Identification of risk factors for posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) after organ transplant can improve early detection and avoid permanent neurologic injury. High calcineurin-inhibitor…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparison of Actual versus Goal Tacrolimus Levels Post Cardiothoracic Transplant.
Vanderbilt Transplant Center, Nashville, TN.
BackgroundAlthough target tacrolimus (TAC) trough levels necessary to prevent rejection are established post heart/lung transplant (tx), there is little published literature on the proportion of…
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