Am J Transplant, Volume 17, Suppl 3 Archives - Page 181 of 181 - ATC Abstracts

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Outcome of Living Donor Transplantation in Pediatric Recipients Over the Last Three Decades by Era: An Analysis of UNOS Database.
V. Whittaker, M. Laftavi, Z. Acun, R. Gruessner, A. Gruessner.
Surgery, State University New York, Syracuse, NY
Background: Living donor is the potential solution to organ shortage. This retrospective analysis of UNOS database evaluates the outcome of living donor transplantation across 4…
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Impact of Alemtuzumab Induction on Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes Post-Renal Transplantation.
S. Jonchhe, J. Husson, J. Casale, R. Adekunle, P. Mathur, J. Gripshover, B. Ravichandran.
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
BackgroundDirect-acting antiviral agents (DAAs) have improved treatment outcomes for Hepatitis C virus (HCV). Given high rates of treatment success with few side effects, eradication of…
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Life Threatening Disparities in Calculated MELD Due to Variation in Laboratory Methods within a UNOS Region.
E. Verna,¹ C. Connelly,¹ L. Dove,¹ J. Emond,¹ P. Adem,² N. Babic,³ J. Corsetti,⁴ J. Faix,⁵ J. Hayden,⁶ M. Lifshitz,⁷ M. Chiles,¹ S. Mohan,¹ H. Eldad,¹ A. Kratz.¹
¹CUMC, NY; ²WMC, NY; ³MSSM, NY; ⁴URMC, Rochester; ⁵MMC, NY; ⁶WCM, NY; ⁷NYU, NY
MELD was implemented as an objective measure to prioritize patients for liver transplant (LT). Accuracy and reproducibility of MELD is an essential assumption to ensure…
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Proteomic Profiles of Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsies Obtained Prior to Transplantation Correlate with Allograft Function at One Year.
M. Kaisar,^1,2 L. van Dullemen,¹ Z. Akhtar,¹ H. Huang,¹ B. Kessler,² R. Ploeg.¹
¹Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom; ²Target Discovery Institute, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Introduction:Cerebral injury during Donation after Brain Death (DBD) will induce a systemic inflammatory response affecting immediate kidney function and survival posttransplantation. Assessment of donor organ…
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Robotic Kidney Transplantation: Bakirkoy Experience.
S. Sahin,¹ V. Tugcu,¹ A. Yavuzsan,¹ F. Akbay,² S. Apaydin.²
¹Urology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey; ²Nephrology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: As minimal invasive treatments develop, most urologists have preferred minimally invasive methods in recent years. There is a great shift through laparoscopic…
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Delayed Graft Function[mdash]Less Ominous for ARF or DCD Recipients?
M. Barrett, A. Smith, K. Woodside, R. Sung.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Delayed Graft Function (DGF) is both a transplant outcome and risk factor for graft failure. Kidneys from donors with kidney injury--such as acute renal failure…