2017 American Transplant Congress
Patient-Reported Barriers to the Pre-Kidney Transplant Evaluation in an At-Risk Population in the United States.
Background: Despite our knowledge of barriers to the early stages of the transplant process, we have limited insight into patient reported barriers to the pre-kidney…2017 American Transplant Congress
Disparity in Transplant Referral Patterns Based on Physician Dependent Variables.
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Il
Introduction: Distance from a liver transplant (LT) center does not affect outcomes; however, rural areas have lower rates of listing and receiving solid organ transplants.…2017 American Transplant Congress
Association Between Transportation Strategies and Kidney Transplant Center Staff Perceived Racial Disparities.
Department of Surgery, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Background: Racial disparities exist in access to the transplant evaluation process. One contributing factor for this disparity is travel barriers. Transplant center policies to assist…2017 American Transplant Congress
Routine Surveillance of Heart Transplant Recipients with Gene Expression Profiling: Lack of an Impact of Race on Outcomes.
Purpose: Patients of African descent have been reported to have less favorable outcomes after heart transplantation than patients of European descent. However, the impact of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Retrospective Review of Early versus Late Initiation of Oral Sildenafil for Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Post-Cardiac Transplant Surgery Patients.
University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
Background: Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is a serious complication that may occur after cardiac transplant and result in graft failure or death. Inotropes (i.e., epinephrine,…2017 American Transplant Congress
CCR5-Mediated Recruitment of NK Cells to the Kidney Is Critical for Resistance to Candida albicans Infections.
We previously showed that CCR5 mediates recruitment of NK cells to the kidney after renal ischemia and reperfusion, which in turn induce the production of…2017 American Transplant Congress
Reducing the Early Readmission Rates in Kidney Transplantation.
Nephrology Division, Hospital do Rim Foudation, São Paulo, Brazil
Background: 30-day hospital readmission rate is a well-accepted quality metric and a predictor of mortality among kidney transplant recipients.Objective: The aim of this study is…2017 American Transplant Congress
Development and Validation of PART (Pharmacotherapy Assessment in Renal Transplant Patients) Criteria to Assess Drug Related Problems in Outpatient Renal Transplant Population.
Background: Due to the complexity of their therapeutic regimen, kidney transplant recipients (KTR) are at risk of experiencing adverse drug reactions. Community pharmacists interact with…2017 American Transplant Congress
Sequential Liver-Kidney Transplantation Is Equivalent to Simultaneous Liver–Kidney Transplantation in Candidates Requiring Dialysis Pre-Transplant.
Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Introduction: Liver transplant is the optimal therapy for patients with end-stage liver disease (ESLD). Appropriately-selected candidates with renal impairment benefit from transplantation of liver and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Anastomosis Time During Liver Transplantation Impairs Transplant Survival.
Warm ischemia sustained during implantation might harm the liver graft.We investigated the relationship between anastomosis time (AT) and transplant survival in 5223 recipients of deceased-donor…
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