2017 American Transplant Congress
Urinary Retention Associated with Polyomavirus (BK) Viruria and Higher Peak Blood BK Following Kidney Transplant (KTx).
BACKGROUND: BK nephropathy is a major risk factor for allograft dysfunction and loss. BK viruria and viremia are early markers of BK nephropathy in KTx…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Cold Ischemia Time on Outcomes in Kidney Paired Donation (KPD).
1UWHealth, Madison; 2UMN, Minneapolis
Cold ischemic time (CIT) is an established risk factor for delayed graft function (DGF) in DD kidney tx. Impact of prolonged CIT, in the context…2017 American Transplant Congress
Differential Effects of the Novel ATP-Competitive mTOR Inhibitor (TORKinib) AZD2014 and Rapamycin on Alloimmunity and Transplant Survival.
Surgery, Thomas Starzl Transplantation Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
Background: Rapamycin (RAPA), is an immunosuppressive agent that inhibits the mechanistic target of Rapamycin (mTOR), the kinase subunit of two mTOR- containing complexes (mTORC1 and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Vendor to Center in 0-60: A Safe and Effective Blueprint for Creating an In-House On-Call System for Organ Offers.
Transplant, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Introduction: Our center returned to an in-house nurse coordinator on-call program 7/2016 after using a vendor from 11/2012 to 7/2016 for organ allocation. It was…2017 American Transplant Congress
Comprehensive Functional Assessment of the Pathogenic Potential of Immunodominant Donor Specific Antibody Following Treatment of Late Antibody Mediated Rejection or Mixed Acute Rejection.
1U of Cincinnati, Cincinnati; 2Christ Hospital, Cincinnati
HLA donor specific antibody (DSA) mediates injury by both complement dependent and independent mechanisms, including direct signaling via HLA antigens and via Fc receptor (FcR)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Bariatric Surgery on Risk of Organ Rejection Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients.
Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL; Surgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
Background: Obesity is a common condition that contributes to organ failure. Bariatric surgery is an effective surgical therapy for obesity and has been performed both…2017 American Transplant Congress
A Kidney Paired Donation Standard Acquisition Charge.
Introduction: A non-profit kidney paired donation (KPD) organization undertook an Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)-funded demonstration project to redesign reimbursement for the costs…2017 American Transplant Congress
Simple Kidney Transplant Graft Survival (KTGS) Calculator Predicts 5- and 10-Year Allograft Survival.
To develop a predictive 5- and 10-year Kidney Transplant Graft Survival (KTGS) calculator at the time of transplant for living donor (LD) and deceased (DD)…2017 American Transplant Congress
Live Donor Liver Transplantation Using Grafts with More Than Two Bile Ducts – Does It Affect Patient Outcome?
Multi Organ Transplant Program, Department of Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
Introduction: It's been described that the use of live donor (LD) liver grafts with multiple bile ducts (BD) increases the risk of BD related complications…2017 American Transplant Congress
Maximizing the Potential of Treg-Based Therapies for Transplant Rejection via Computational Immune-Modeling: Effect of Dose, Timing, and Distribution.
Purpose. Regulatory T cells (Treg), endogenous regulators of the immune system, have a significant therapeutic potential for prevention of transplant rejection. Experimental evidences however, indicate…
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