2017 American Transplant Congress
Effect of Academic Detailing with Prescribers as an Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention in Solid Organ Transplant Patients.
1University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada; 2Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada
IntroductionThe role of academic detailing (AD) as an antimicrobial stewardship intervention, where the steward meets the prescribers in their practice setting to provide personal educational…2017 American Transplant Congress
In Clinic Systems to Address Adherence Barriers Decrease Late Allograft Rejection for Kidney Transplant Patients.
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
Background: Patient-identified barriers to taking immunosuppressive medications are associated with rejection and allograft loss in kidney transplant patients, yet interventions targeting adherence barriers are rarely…2017 American Transplant Congress
Time to Kidney Transplantation Following Live Donor Candidate Referral.
Surgery, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Kidney transplant candidates have utilized novel methods to identify and refer willing donors; however, delays or barriers to actually achieving live donor kidney transplantation are…2017 American Transplant Congress
Anti-CD40 mAb Promotes Kidney Immunoregulatory Capacity in NHP Transplants by Altering Kidney Tubular Cell (TEC) Expression of CD40 and IL-6.
Treatment of cynolmolgus monkey (NHP) renal transplant recipients with a combination of 2 rhesus-mouse chimeric α-CD45RB (r6G3R1; 6G3) and α-CD40 (r2C10R4; 2C10) mAbs increased circulating…2017 American Transplant Congress
Outcome of Living Donor Transplantation in Pediatric Recipients Over the Last Three Decades by Era: An Analysis of UNOS Database.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Alemtuzumab Induction on Hepatitis C Treatment Outcomes Post-Renal Transplantation.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Life Threatening Disparities in Calculated MELD Due to Variation in Laboratory Methods within a UNOS Region.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Proteomic Profiles of Deceased Donor Kidney Biopsies Obtained Prior to Transplantation Correlate with Allograft Function at One Year.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Robotic Kidney Transplantation: Bakirkoy Experience.
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…2017 American Transplant Congress
Delayed Graft Function[mdash]Less Ominous for ARF or DCD Recipients?
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…
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