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…2016 American Transplant Congress
Comparing Renal Function After Liver Transplantation: Modified Piggyback versus Conventional Techniques without Venovenous Bypass.
Surgery, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
BackgroundThere are several options available for caval reconstruction in liver transplantation. Prior reports demonstrated that caval reconstruction technique could affect the renal function. However, there…2016 American Transplant Congress
Survival After Second Kidney Transplant: Are We Being Good Stewards?
University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio.
BACKGROUND: Primary kidney transplant is associated with increased life years compared with dialysis. Comparable patient survival between primary (1KT) and second kidney transplants (2KT) has…2016 American Transplant Congress
Muscle Density Is Associated with Mortality Among Kidney Waitlist Candidates.
Background: Morphometric assessments, such as muscle density and body fat distribution, have emerged as strong predictors of cardiovascular risk and post-operative morbidity and mortality. To…2016 American Transplant Congress
Extreme Hyperoxia During Pre-Implant Normothermic Liver Perfusion (PINLiP) Is Associated with Post-Reperfusion Syndrome and Vasoplegia.
Cambridge Transplant Unit, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
In response to the increasing number of DCD and marginal DBD donor livers, we started a programme of pre-implant normothermic perfusion (PINLiP) to enable functional…2016 American Transplant Congress
Good Livers with a Bad Reputation: Favorable Outcome with Imported Grafts.
Transplantation, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, Burlington, MA.
Background: Each year in the US, 450-500 livers are discarded as unacceptable for transplant. Currently, there is controversy about the implications of broader sharing and…2016 American Transplant Congress
Thrombolytic Protocol in Organ Procurement from Donation After Circulatory Death Donors Reduces Ischemic Cholangiopathy in Liver Transplantation.
Miami Transplant Institute, Miami.
Liver transplantation (LT) with donation after circulatory death (DCD) donors has been associated with a higher rate (up to 50%) of complications of ischemic cholangiopathy…
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