2017 American Transplant Congress
Neighborhood Poverty and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Access to Live Donor Kidney Transplantation in the US.
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Black transplant candidates have substantially lower rates of live donor kidney transplantation (LDKT) than their White counterparts. We hypothesized that neighborhood poverty might play a…2017 American Transplant Congress
Reduced Racial Disparity in Outcomes of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI
OBJECTIVE: Earlier studies reported inferior outcomes among African-American (AA) compared with white kidney transplant (KT) recipients.DESIGN: Prospective database.SETTING: Single center.PATIENTS: During 1997-2015, 1102 patients underwent…2017 American Transplant Congress
Using Buccal Swabs for Deceased Organ Donor HLA Typing.
Aim: In some cases, getting enough cells from a deceased donor to perform crossmatches and DNA extraction for HLA typing is challenging. Specifically this is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Immunosuppressive Therapy and Acute Rejection in Combined Heart and Kidney Transplantation.
University of Louisville, Louisville
Background. This study evaluated the management of immunosuppressive therapy and the incidence of acute heart rejection within 1 year from concomitant heart-kidney transplantation (cHTKx) compared…2017 American Transplant Congress
DC-SIGN Functionalized Porous Silicon Nanoparticles Targeting to Human and Non-Human Primate Dendritic Cells.
Porous silicon (pSi) nanoparticles, modified to specifically target DC, provide a novel platform to carry and deliver immunosuppressive drugs. The aim was to conjugate DC-SIGN…2017 American Transplant Congress
Renal Secretion of Organic Anionic Drugs Is Compromised in Renal Transplant Patients.
Renal transplantation(Tx) is the treatment of choice for patients with ESRD. Transplanted kidneys undergo numerous insults including cold ischemia & warm reperfusion injury and are…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),…
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