2017 American Transplant Congress
Deceased Donor-Initiated Non-Simultaneous Extended Altruistic Donor Chains Through the Military Share Program.
Introduction: At a recent White House Summit on organ transplantation, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced that they would direct some Military Share deceased donor…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Brief Frailty Assessment and Outcomes Among Candidates for Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: As frailty correlates with post-transplant outcomes, brief frailty measures are needed in clinical practice to appropriately risk stratify LT candidates. We used an abbreviated…2017 American Transplant Congress
Dual Targeting of Costimulation and Proteasome to Desensitize and Prolong Graft Survival of Sensitized Nonhuman Primates.
[Background] Pre-formed donor-specific anti-HLA antibodies (DSA) from prior transplantation, transfusion, or pregnancy affects a significant portion (35%) of patients awaiting a kidney transplant. Highly sensitized…2017 American Transplant Congress
BK Virus, Cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr Virus Reactivation in Renal Transplant Patients: Results from a Large Multicenter Study.
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the prevalence and clinical implications of three of the most relevant opportunistic infections in kidney transplantation, namely…2017 American Transplant Congress
De Novo, Non-Donor Specific HLA Antibodies Are Associated with Inferior Allograft Outcomes After Kidney and Simultaneous Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation.
Introduction: Donor specific antibodies [DSAs] occurring after transplantation are associated with poorer outcomes. However the significance of non-donor directed HLA antibodies [ndHLAs] after transplantation in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Is Peri-Transplant Plasmapheresis Effective in the Prevention of Recurrence of FSGS?
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Many pediatric centers utilize a variety of protocols including scheduled plasmapheresis to prevent the dreaded recurrence of focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) post-transplant. But the effectiveness…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Peri-Transplant Viral Upper Respiratory Infection on Pediatric Liver Transplant Outcomes.
BACKGROUND: Viral upper respiratory infection (vURI) is common in children and its effect at the time of liver transplant (LT) on the post-operative outcomes is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Clinical Significance of Alloantibodies in Hand Transplantation: Impact on Rejection and Functional Outcome.
Purpose: Although alloantibodies, and donor-specific antibodies (DSA) in particular, are well-known to negatively impact graft survival in human solid organ transplantation, little is known about…2017 American Transplant Congress
Circulating Inflammatory Factors in Deceased Organ Donors Result in Innate Immune Activation.
Surgery, Duke University, Durham, NC
Background: Superior outcomes of living-donor compared to deceased-donor transplants may be related to increased graft immunogenicity at the time of transplant. Donor brain death results…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcomes Following Colectomy in Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Kidney transplant recipients (KTR), like the general population, often require surgical procedures for non-transplant related issues. Given the need for lifelong immunosuppression and the physiologic…
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