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Persistent Hypophosphatemia Among Deceased-Donor Kidney Transplant Recipients Is Donor-Dependent and Associated with Superior Long-Term Allograft Outcomes.
Nephrology and Internal Intensive Care, Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, Berlin, Germany
Significant variations in posttransplant phosphate levels are recognized after kidney transplantation, and associated with more favorable allograft outcomes. Although posttransplant hypophosphatemia may be associated with…2017 American Transplant Congress
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Renal Replacement Therapy in Pediatric and Young Adult Population with End Stage Renal Disease (2005-2015).
In the last decade, few studies have examined racial/ethnic disparities in the choice of renal replacement therapy (RRT) among children with End Stage Renal Disease…2017 American Transplant Congress
Small Pediatric Donor Kidney Transplantation in Pediatric Recipients.
Kidneys from small pediatric donors (age <5 years, weight <21 kg) may be a means to increase the donor pool for pediatric recipients. Transplantation of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Rapid Deterioration of Pre-Transplant Kidney Function Requiring Dialysis Is a Prognostic Factor in Liver Transplant Alone.
Aim: Etiologies of acute kidney injury before liver transplant extend beyond hepatorenal syndrome (ie infection, gastrointestinal bleeding) and therefore, may not be resolved by liver…2017 American Transplant Congress
Liver Transplantation Outcomes Using Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction in Patients with Autoimmune Hepatitis.
Transplantation Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Background: The use of rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (ATG) induction in high immunological risk patients with autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) could lower the rejection rates after liver…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients with Body-Size Mismatch Between Recipient and Donor.
[Purpose]In living-donor kidney transplantation between large recipient and small donor, there are concerns of lower graft function and poor graft survival. Thus, we aimed to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Tangible Benefits in Caregiving Burden Among Spouses/Partners of Transplant Patients: Adding “Donor Benefit” to Live Donor Risk Assessment.
Background The mental and physical health of spouses and co-habiting partners (dyads) are highly correlated. Dialysis entails significant caregiving burden and decreases the quality of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Changes in Urinary Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin Combined with Urine Cytokines and Microalbuminuria as Predictors for Interstitial Fibrosis and Tubular Atrophy in Kidney Transplantation: A Matched-Pair Tissue Cohort Study.
Background: Late graft loss from interstitial fibrosis - tubular atrophy (IF/TA) continues to be the “Achilles' heel” of kidney transplantation (KT). Long-term calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs)…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…
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