2017 American Transplant Congress
An Analysis of Tacrolimus XL Dosing in Obese Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background:Tacrolimus extended-release (XL) is utilized in many immunosuppressive regimens post-kidney transplantation. Current dosing recommendation for the XL formulation in renal transplant (txp) is 0.15 mg/kg/day…2017 American Transplant Congress
More Than Renal Function: Use of Belatacept to Improve Drug Toxicities.
Background: Data with belatacept has demonstrated that patients on de novo belatacept have better renal function and improved patient and graft survival seven years post-transplant.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Evolution of CCR4highCD4+ Subpopulations in Renal Graft Blood After Steroid Withdrawal: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Study in Parallel Groups. Preliminary Results.
Introduction:Steroids are a mainstay of immunosuppression after kidney transplant (KT). The infiltration into the graft of active T cells following KT depends on the expression…2017 American Transplant Congress
Lipid Abnormalities and Cardiovascular Events After Early Conversion to Everolimus in Kidney Transplant Recipients with Pretransplant Diabetes: 24-Month Analysis from Elevate Study.
1ELEVATE Study Group, Berlin, Germany; 2Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
PURPOSE: Pretransplant (preTx) diabetes is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) events, and posttransplant (post-Tx) hyperlipidemia further increases CV risk. To analyze the influence…2017 American Transplant Congress
Propensity-Matched Comparison of Diabetic Patients and Non-Diabetic Patients in Living Donor Kidney Transplantation.
Background: Kidney transplantation (KT) reportedly provides a significant survival advantage over dialysis in diabetic patients. However, KT outcome in diabetic patients compared with that in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Long Term Outcomes of Adult Kidney Transplants from Small Single Pediatric Donors Are Equivalent to Standard Criteria Donors.
Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY
PurposeWe analyzed long term outcomes of adult kidney transplant recipients from single pediatric donors at a large volume center.MethodsA retrospective review of 90 adult kidney…
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