2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Outcomes in Older Kidney Transplant Recipients. A Single Center Experience.
Montefiore Medical Center Transplant Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY
Background: We aimed to investigate the clinical outcomes of kidney transplant recipients 65 years and older.Methods: Between 1/2009 and 12/2014, 687 patients underwent a kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Early and Late High Intrapatient Variability of Tacrolimus Levels Can Predict Late Renal Allograft Rejection.
Introduction Nonadherence to immunosuppressive medication can start any time after transplantation and is associated with rejection and graft loss. We have previously shown that high…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Beyond MELD 40.
Surgery, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
OBJECTIVE(S): Liver allocation is prioritized for the sickest patients; however, poorer liver transplant (LTx) outcomes are associated with increasing MELD scores. While MELD is capped…2017 American Transplant Congress
Greater Emphasis on Non-Eligible Donors as a Strategy to Decrease the Organ Shortage.
Transplant, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL
Background: OPO performance is generally evaluated by the number of organ procurement procedures divided by the number of eligible deaths(brain dead donors under age 70),…2017 American Transplant Congress
Neurogenic Orthostatic Hypotension: An Iatrogenic Complication of Successful Pancreas Transplantation?
1Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX; 2Veloxis Pharmaceuticals, Cary, NC
Abrupt improvement in glycemic control is known to cause treatment-induced neuoropathies in poorly-controlled diabetes (DM).1 Similarly, neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (OH) is a well-known complication of…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Association of Donor Vasoactive Drugs with Pancreas Transplant Graft Survival.
Introduction: Vasoactive drugs (VaD) are commonly used to correct abnormal haemodynamics of organ donors in Intensive Care Units (ICU). VaDs can differentially affect insulin secretion…2017 American Transplant Congress
eHealth Literacy and Patient Portal Utilization Among Transplant Recipients.
Emory Transplant Center, Atlanta, GA
Background: Healthcare systems are required to engage patients with web-based patient portals. eHealth literacy is a distinct type of health literacy needed to properly understand…2017 American Transplant Congress
Lymphoproliferative Disorders After Renal Transplantation Along Two Decades: A Large Longitudinal Study.
In a longuitudinal study,we evaluated the cumulative incidence of Posttransplant limphoproliferative disorders(PTLD),its relationship with Epstein Barr Virus (EBV),classical risk factors and outcome in 21546 single…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Composite Score Associated with Spontaneous Operational Tolerance in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
New challenges in renal transplantation include using biological information to devise a useful clinical test for discerning high- and low-risk patients for individual therapy and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Dendritic Cells That Highly Express SOCS1 Induce T-Cell Hypo-Responsiveness and Prolong Islet Allograft Survival.
Organ Transplant Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
The capability of dendritic cells (DCs) to induce an immune response or immune tolerance is dependent on their status. Suppressor of cytokine signaling 1 (SOCS1)…
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