2017 American Transplant Congress
Access to Living Donor Kidney Transplantation in Nepal.
1JHU, Baltimore; 2Grinnell College, Grinnell; 3Human Organ Transplant Center, Bhaktapur, Nepal
Kidney transplantation is a relatively new and rapidly growing treatment modality in Nepal. Disparities in access to care are greatly amplified in a developing country…2017 American Transplant Congress
Concurrent Psychosocial Variables Confound Perioperative and Postoperative Care in Liver Transplant Recipients with Alcoholic Liver Disease.
Purpose: Liver transplant centers tend to focus primarily on duration of sobriety prior to consideration for transplantation in patients with alcoholic liver disease, with limited…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Novel Technique to Increase Donor Utilization: Our Experience Using High-Dose Tissue Plasminogen Activator Flush in Donation-After-Cardiac-Death Donors for Liver Transplantation.
Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
The utilization of donation-after-cardiac-death (DCD) livers remains generally low. Strategies to address the perceived liabilities associated with DCD organs could influence their utilization in a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of NODAT on Post-Transplant Survival – An Analysis of UNOS Data.
University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland
Background: New Onset Diabetes After Transplantation (NODAT) is common and may adversely affect long-term patient survival. Impact of NODAT on patient survival in heart transplantation…2017 American Transplant Congress
Patterns of Monocyte Differentiation and Activation in a Non-Human Primate Model of Brain Death.
Surgery - Division of Transplantation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Brain-death (BD) induces a systemic inflammatory response known to impair tissue perfusion and promote graft immunogenicity. Monocytes play a significant role in the regulation of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Assessments of Literacy, Cognitive Function and Transplant Medication Knowledge in Renal Transplant Recipients.
Background: Medication adherence is often low in renal transplant recipients (RTR) and is in part due to inadequate knowledge. Therefore, new tools to identify medication…2017 American Transplant Congress
Psychosocial Distress in Chronic Kidney Disease: Benefits of Kidney Transplantation.
PurposeWe describe the frequency of psychosocial distress among Canadian patients with advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD), and compare distress between pre-dialysis, dialysis patients and kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Change in Mycophenolate and Tacrolimus Exposure by Transplant Vintage and Race.
Transplant, MUSC, Charleston, SC
There is strong evidence that both tacrolimus (FK) and mycophenolate (MMF) have improved outcomes in kidney transplantation; yet, the impact of exposure of these immunosuppressants…2017 American Transplant Congress
Trends in Liver Transplantation Among Older Adults with ESLD.
1Surgery, JHU, Baltimore; 2Epidemiology, JHU, Baltimore
As the population ages and as the average age of liver transplant (LT) waitlist candidates increases, understanding of the trends and outcomes is imperative for…2017 American Transplant Congress
Donor Body Mass Index and Utilization of Liver Biopsy: An Evaluation of National Practices and Organ Utilization.
Background: As the prevalence of obesity in America increases, so has the proportion of donors with elevated body mass index (BMI). While graft steatosis >30%…
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