2017 American Transplant Congress
Five-Year Outcomes After Transplantation of Kidneys from Deceased Donors with Acute Kidney Injury.
Background: Kidneys from deceased donors with acute kidney injury (AKI) are often discarded due to a perceived higher risk of poor graft function. Kidney Donor…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Clinical and Economic Burden of Pneumonia in Canadian Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
Introduction:Due to the limited amount of health resources available, there is a need for health program and economic evaluation to inform stakeholders about optimum resource…2017 American Transplant Congress
The TAKE-IT Intervention Improves Medication Adherence in Adolescent Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Poor adherence to immunosuppressive medications limits renal allograft survival. This randomized controlled trial, evaluated whether young kidney transplant recipients administered a behavioral intervention showed greater…2017 American Transplant Congress
Socioeconomic Status and Perceived Donation-Related Financial Burden Among Living Kidney Donors.
Perceptions of donation-related financial burden by living kidney donor candidates may contribute to declines in living kidney donation. The association between donation-related financial burden and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Maintenance of the Phenotype and Abundance of Islet-Resident Macrophages Promotes Islet Graft Survival and Appears to Prevent Type 1 Diabetes.
Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Immunoregulatory tissue resident macrophage subsets have been reported in skin, heart, lung and adipose tissue.We now demonstrate the existence of a functionally immunoregulatory population of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Left-Sided Donor Nephrectomy Predisposes Living Kidney Donors to Latent Adrenal Insufficiency with Symptoms of Fatigue and Inferior Quality of Life.
The rising prevalence of end-stage renal disease and chronic organ shortage calls more people upon to consider living kidney donation. The benefits for recipients and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Five Year Outcomes with Alemtuzumab Induction Therapy in Elderly Renal Transplant Recipients.
Pharmacy, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
Background:The elderly population (≥ 65 years) comprise one fourth of patients on the waiting list for renal transplantation. Alemtuzumab use has increased over the past…2017 American Transplant Congress
Factors Associated with Death or Transplant in Low-MELD Patients.
1Research, UNOS, Richmond, VA; 2Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background. The Model for End-stage Liver Disease (MELD) score is a good discriminator of 3-month mortality in patients awaiting a liver transplant. Previous research showed…2017 American Transplant Congress
Current Status of HIV-to-HIV Transplants in the United States.
1JHU, Baltimore, MD; 2Mount Sinai, New York, NY; 3NIH, Bethesda, MD; 4NYU, New York, NY
The HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act allows transplantation using organs from HIV-infected (HIV+) donors for HIV+ individuals in the United States under research protocols.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Results of Biliary Reconstruction with PTFE Graft in Liver Transplantation.
Introduction: Biliary complications are often referred to as the 'Achilles heel' of liver transplantation (LT) with their high incidence rate, the need for repeated and…
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