2017 American Transplant Congress
Long-Term Preservation of Renal Function in Liver Transplant Recipients with Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin Induction and Delayed Initiation of Calcineurin Inhibitors.
Transplant Institute, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI
Methods: A single-center retrospective analysis of medical records of 989 liver transplant recipients from 2001-2010 were reviewed and evaluated for patients who received thymo induction…2017 American Transplant Congress
Rapamycin Maintenance Therapy in Pediatric Liver Transplant Recipients Associated with Trend Toward Decreasing Th2 Cytokine Levels Compared to Tacrolimus Therapy.
1Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO; 2University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Background: Maintenance immunosuppression after liver transplantation with tacrolimus (TAC) may have progressive fibrosis on serial allograft biopsies. mTOR inhibitors such as rapamycin (RAPA) may abrogate…2017 American Transplant Congress
Strategies to Economize Dialysis and Transplantation in Low Resource Settings.
Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation, Karachi, Pakistan
Background: Pakistan in an emerging economy where 50% of the population live below the poverty line on <$2 a day. The government spend 1.3% of…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Outcome of Kidney Grafts from Living Donors with Pyelo-Ureteric Junction Dysfunction.
Introduction: There is a wide gap between number of patients seeking renal transplants and potential kidney donors. Living kidney donation seems a reasonable source to…2017 American Transplant Congress
Predictors of Graft Loss in an Urban Predominantly Minority Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Monterfiore/Einstein Center for Transplantation, Bronx, NY
BackgroundWe aimed to determine the demographic and clinical characteristics associated with graft loss in a cohort of kidney transplant recipients with a high African-American and…2017 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Non-Adherence in a Cohort of Kidney Transplant Recipients.
Background: The understanding of the main causes of allograft losts and related factors is a critical in the sucess of kidney transplantation programs.Objective: The aim…2017 American Transplant Congress
The Impact of the New Kidney Allocation System on Living Donor Kidney Transplantation(LDTX) Among Patients in the Lowest Quintile of Expected Post-Transplant Survival (EPTS).
Division of Nephrology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Background: Changes in deceased donor allocation policy may impact LDTX.The prioritization of patients in the top 20% of EPTS to receive deceased donor kidneys in…2017 American Transplant Congress
Barriers and Experiences When Patients Decide on a Kidney Transplant Center.
Choosing a transplant center is one decision in a long pre-transplant process facing many patients. Qualitative studies have previously been used to better understand the…2017 American Transplant Congress
Characterization of a B Lymphocyte Signature Predictive of Chronic Lung Allograft Dysfunction.
The occurrence of chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) is the main complication after lung transplantation (LT) and remains the most common cause of graft failure…2017 American Transplant Congress
Pre-Transplant CMV-Specific T-Cell Immunity Is an Additional Independent Variable Predicting CMV Infection After Kidney Transplantation.
Background: Current pre-transplant risk stratification for Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is based on donor/recipient (D/R) IgG-serostatus and clinical variables such as the use of T-cell depletion…
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